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March 17, 2015 Everyone is asking “How do we make Spotify work?” The answer is that you don’t, because it just can’t - assuming your goal is to maximize the total revenue earned by the music industry. That’s certainly our goal. Here’s an intro into why Spotify’s business model should be dumped, and the revenue-maximizing model we should pursue moving forward.
July 4, 2013 Soundrop is a social music app on Spotify that allows music fans to enter rooms that host different genres and themes of music. They recently unveiled a new feature for bands and artists on Spotify, which you could be using to engage with your fans.
Band Marketing, DIY Artist, direct to fan, fans | tagged Spotify streaming, fan engagement, spotify apps April 24, 2013 How much does Spotify pay artists? It’s the biggest mystery in music. One independant artist claims to have received a measly $0.004 per stream. There was a rumor that Lady Gaga only earned $162 from a million streams. Even indie band Grizzly Bear chimed in to express their displeasure with the alleged slave wages of Spotify declaring that they only received $0.001 per stream. Some have even taken to restricting their music from the service altogether. Is it really that bad? are the payments that low?