Episode 7
The Week – Streaming payouts, Ed vs Ed, Who’s DIDE?
“The biggest problem is simply that the streaming services are calculated in a manner where the people at the top essentially benefit the most. If you're Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift, you're doing very well out of streaming services. If you're a smaller artist at the very bottom of things, your contribution to the overall pie is so incredibly small.”
“The biggest problem is simply that the streaming services are calculated in a manner where the people at the top essentially benefit the most. If you're Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift, you're doing very well out of streaming services. If you're a smaller artist at the very bottom of things, your contribution to the overall pie is so incredibly small.”
Streaming simply doesn’t pay the bills! The discussion about streaming payouts has been going on for years. And now Snoop Dogg joined the debate: “That sh*t don’t add up!” Kikelomo speaks to Darren Hemmings of Motive Unknown about what needs to change and about what we as fans can do to support our favorite artists. Plus: a rapping pro footballer keeping his identity secret, a new SoundCloud feature that may change fan to artist interaction, reactions to Beyoncé’s tour start, a decisive ruling in the Ed vs Ed copyright trial – and this week’s recommendation comes from Nils Gelfort aka Thabo calling in from Berlin.
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