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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week agoExposure doesn’t pay the bills.
It takes upward of 200 streams of a track on Spotify to earn a single penny.
That “exposure” can still add up to “not paying the bills.”
Also, if he gains no new listeners? He would have made a huge mistake not angling for more money.
This guy is being smart, and the rich just want people to THINK that exposure is worth it. Even Oprah pays in exposure and its bullshit. The company has got the fucking money to pay it they just don’t want to.
ravhall@discuss.online 1 week ago
No, but me going out and buying all their stuff pays the bills.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
You, as an individual, buy enough of their stuff to support them month-to-month? How generous of you.
Now that the snark is out of the way: Clearly an individual doesn’t make enough money to do that, and if you’re the only new fan they gain that’s still nowhere near enough to make a living.
ravhall@discuss.online 1 week ago
You could have responded without being an asshole. If we had discussed this politely we probably could have reached an acceptable middle ground and both learned something from the other person’s experiences and ideas.
LukeZaz@beehaw.org 1 week ago
You’re coming out here arguing in favor of a megacorporation keeping even more money for itself instead of artists getting paid for their work. I feel like you should have expected to have upset people.