batsbrew
and they will MAYBE pay you a part of one cent for every hundred or so plays of your song.....
read this:
http://www.imusiciandigital.com/en/blog/why-songwriters-are-pissed-off/
what a depressing article.
still,I suppose the industry has to change with the times.
on the bright side,if you are a singer/songwriter who enjoys performing and release on vinyl only,you may survive.
if you consider the history of music,recording is a modern phenomena,much as sheet music was in its day.
as a kid in the fifties,everyone seemed to be able to sing and all you needed was a piano and a wooden floor and you had a dance party.
the radio was on all the time but records were a luxury item.
I cant imagine today`s teens saving up and queing overnight to download kanye`s latest ditty...
to be able to construct an entire symphony with a keyboard and no physical musical proficiency required may be part of the problem in that music creation has been comodified to the point where a talented technician with a good ear and a sample library (and Splat) can compose and record virtually with none of the limitations(instruments,venues,travel,engineers,health,etc.) that the performing/recording musician endures.
it is not unreasonable to invoke Moore`s Law and imagine that soon we may have a DAW that recognises our tastes from our music library and creates appropriate music for each of us??
I often wonder if the proliferation and ease of access to recorded music has created a glut of material that has cheapened the whole experience.
we had a power failure last week and spent the night with candles,warm beer,3 acoustic guitars and whatever percussives came to hand-could have been 500 years ago...
ps:went out for breakfast and had 3 strong latte`s so excuse the rave....
cheers