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LTSings

Gender: Female

What are some of the stations and / or streaming services you use? Do you have any favorites? I've tried a lot of them. Besides Spotify, I enjoy Pandora a lot and have lots of stations I've created on there, plus I also listen to some of the stations that Pandora has created too. There's also a lot to discover on AccuRadio.

https://www.accuradio.com/

On the Aloha Radio Network I enjoy the Steel Guitar Island station and the Ukulele Island station.

https://alohajoe.com/aloharadionet.html

I enjoy the Illinois Street Lounge station on Soma.FM, plus I'm checking out a couple of their other stations.

https://somafm.com/

I'm probably forgetting some, because I've really tried a lot of them, but those are the ones coming to mind at the moment. What are some of your favorites?

Brigand99

Gender: Male

Mostly I use Spotify, for which I always have a subscription. And then once in a while I get a subscription to Amazon or Pandora or Deezer, but usually only if they have a free trial offer. I just can't resist those free trials!!

tramfan3

The only on-line radio stream I've listened to consistently for at least 20+ years is WWOZ out of New Orleans. That's a GREAT station.

Romanelli

Bone Swah

Gender: Male

Location: Broomfield, Colorado

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In July 2024, Spotify INCREASED their user rates. Meaning they now make MORE MONEY.

Spotify pays artists $0.003 per stream. That is less than 1/3 of one cent. For an artist to make $1,000, it would take more than 300,000 streams.

Let's put that into a better perspective.

I have a 10 song album. If someone plays my entire album, I make 3 cents.

You can purchase my physical CD for $10.00 directly from me. And that's a discounted price.

For me to make that same 1 cd price of $10.00 on Spotify, it would take 330 complete plays of my entire album.

Spotify = Satan.

And the other streaming services are not far behind.

Buy actual albums. Support musicians by going to their shows and buying their music. The way that sites like Spotify are set up now...streaming = stealing.

BUY ALBUMS.
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LTSings

Gender: Female

Romanelli wrote:

In July 2024, Spotify INCREASED their user rates. Meaning they now make MORE MONEY.

Spotify pays artists $0.003 per stream. That is less than 1/3 of one cent. For an artist to make $1,000, it would take more than 300,000 streams.

Let's put that into a better perspective.

I have a 10 song album. If someone plays my entire album, I make 3 cents.

You can purchase my physical CD for $10.00 directly from me. And that's a discounted price.

For me to make that same 1 cd price of $10.00 on Spotify, it would take 330 complete plays of my entire album.

Spotify = Satan.

And the other streaming services are not far behind.

Buy actual albums. Support musicians by going to their shows and buying their music. The way that sites like Spotify are set up now...streaming = stealing.

BUY ALBUMS.

I buy albums if I like them. I listen on Spotify (and sometimes YouTube) first to see if I like them or not. I also love making playlists on Spotify. If you don't want to use Spotify, then don't. But other people are free to do so. As I said once before, no one is forced to put their music on Spotify. If they feel so ripped off, all they have to do is remove their music from Spotify. I also love making custom stations on Pandora. Plus, there are a lot of ordinary online radio stations (not custom ones) that are free to listen to. I don't see how listening to one of those online is any different from listening to them on the radio, the way I used to do before the internet. Online music is such a part of my daily life. I can't imagine my life without it.

JOSweetHeart

Gender: Female

Age: 43

Location: East Tennessee

You Tube is where I go online.

God bless you always!!!

Holly (a girl who still buys CDs)
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Romanelli

Bone Swah

Gender: Male

Location: Broomfield, Colorado

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LTSings wrote:

Romanelli wrote:

In July 2024, Spotify INCREASED their user rates. Meaning they now make MORE MONEY.

Spotify pays artists $0.003 per stream. That is less than 1/3 of one cent. For an artist to make $1,000, it would take more than 300,000 streams.

Let's put that into a better perspective.

I have a 10 song album. If someone plays my entire album, I make 3 cents.

You can purchase my physical CD for $10.00 directly from me. And that's a discounted price.

For me to make that same 1 cd price of $10.00 on Spotify, it would take 330 complete plays of my entire album.

Spotify = Satan.

And the other streaming services are not far behind.

Buy actual albums. Support musicians by going to their shows and buying their music. The way that sites like Spotify are set up now...streaming = stealing.

BUY ALBUMS.

I buy albums if I like them. I listen on Spotify (and sometimes YouTube) first to see if I like them or not. I also love making playlists on Spotify. If you don't want to use Spotify, then don't. But other people are free to do so. As I said once before, no one is forced to put their music on Spotify. If they feel so ripped off, all they have to do is remove their music from Spotify. I also love making custom stations on Pandora. Plus, there are a lot of ordinary online radio stations (not custom ones) that are free to listen to. I don't see how listening to one of those online is any different from listening to them on the radio, the way I used to do before the internet. Online music is such a part of my daily life. I can't imagine my life without it.

You know nothing. Artists are enticed by ripoff companies who promise thousand of streams for signing up with them. Also, legitimate companies (which artists NEED) automatically sign artists up for streaming services, want it or not. The process for taking music down from these is a pain is the ass...but musicians are stuck with them because it's also something artists need...they need to be SEEN. Streaming services keep artists because they have the chance to be seen there...conveniently, without paying them for it. You may be okay with people like Spotify holding your favorite artists hostage in the name of "exposure" (which in NO WAY pays bills) and paying them NOTHING for what they have worked hard to make and put out in the world. Does not surprise me that you do not care about that one bit.

You know nothing about what artists have to deal with in a world of NOT getting paid for what they do. And you don't care. No surprise here.

And because you mentioned it...in America, royalties from commercial radio plays are paid to the person who owns the songwriting and publishing rights. The current rate is $0.124 cents. 1000 song plays = $124.00. On Spotify? $0.003 cents. 1000 song plays = $3.00. To reach $124.00 on Spotify, that would take more than 40,000 streams.

Maybe instead of an ignorant thought process that says "if you don't like it, don't do it", a smarter way to think might be "this is unfair. How can we fix that?".

And think about THIS.

Spotify is paying $0.003 cents per song. The ORIGINAL (very first) royalty amount, from the VERY beginning, was $0.02.

That was in 1909. 116 YEARS AGO.

But hey. Justify ignoring that all in the name of "Online music is such a part of my daily life. I can't imagine my life without it". Again...no surprise there.

And yet...here you are. On a website that is all about ALBUMS. Huh.
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baystateoftheart

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Age: 31

Location: Massachusetts

Serious question: is buying a used CD better or worse than streaming the album? You could say that by making sure record shops have business, you're indirectly contributing to more new CD sales in the long run, or that by making that particular CD scarcer in the market, you're increasing the odds for a reissue. But both are quite indirect, and the artist is still making $0.00 from you listening to that album, whereas they make $0.03 from you streaming it on Spotify or $0.10 on Apple Music.

Romanelli, what is the new vs. used breakdown of your CD purchases?
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JOSweetHeart

Gender: Female

Age: 43

Location: East Tennessee

^^^ Sometimes the CD/Vinyl/Cassette purchases could be the only way to find what you're looking for. I wouldn't be surprised if some of my favorite material can't even be found on Spotify or Apple Music due to it all being as scarce as it is.

God bless you always!!!

Holly
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LTSings

Gender: Female

I buy most of the albums I buy these days in the digital format, but still buy CDs occasionally and I still have a lot of CDs I bought years ago. I have one Lauren Talley album in the USB flash drive format.

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