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whatever will the millionaires do????

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[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is not true. Artists who don't make much money on spotify are either under very poor terms with their label / publisher, or simply aren't generating many streams.

For example, in my main genre trance, upper-B to lower-A artists can expect to make ~600 euros per release, minimum if it's on a decent label, assuming it's promoted properly and reaches the right playlists. It takes me 3-4 days to finish a track (to a high standard). That's a pretty good return on investment imo.

Obv the caveat is that if you don't do very well with promo, or are on a label that doesn't understand how to leverage playlists, then yeah you're not going to make much.