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Where Does Your $10 Streaming Subscription Actually Go?
Most listeners assume their monthly subscription supports the artists they love. The reality is more complicated, and a lot less fair.
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How Much Do Artists Actually Make From Streaming?
A million streams sounds like success. The math behind what that actually pays will surprise you.
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Why Streaming Is Great for Discovery but Terrible for Income
Streaming solved music discovery. It didn't solve artist compensation, and conflating the two has masked a serious problem.
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What Is the Pro-Rata Streaming Model?
The way streaming platforms divide royalties has a name, and understanding it explains why your subscription money doesn't go where you think it does.
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Patronage vs. Streaming Royalties
Streaming and patronage are both ways listeners fund artists, but they work completely differently, and the difference matters a lot.
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Why 1,000 True Fans Beat 10 Million Streams
Kevin Kelly's famous theory gets more relevant every year, and the math makes a compelling case for building deep fan relationships over chasing stream counts.
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What Would a Fair Music Platform Actually Look Like?
"Fair" gets thrown around a lot in music industry debates. Here's what it would actually require in practice.
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Why Community-Owned Platforms Are the Future of Music
The streaming era concentrated power in a handful of companies. A growing movement is asking what happens when artists and fans own the platform instead.
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Why Independent Artists in Denver Are Building Their Own Scene
Denver's music scene has always been built from the ground up, and a new generation of artists and organizations is taking that DIY spirit further than ever.
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How Local Listeners Can Directly Support Colorado Artists
Streaming helps artists get discovered. It doesn't pay them. Here's what actually moves money from fans to the Colorado musicians you care about.