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  1. Antman
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    Antman No Cap

    Aug 21, 2020
    https://www.okayplayer.com/music/spotify-artist-payout-ceo-daniel-ek.html
     
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    Martha Stewart Don't @ me

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  3. Buddha
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    Aug 21, 2020
    Dope s--- antman! You did a great job breaking down your major concerns/issues with today’s musical landscape. I hope artists figure out ways to maximize their creative process which leads to their best possible musical output without this added pressure to crank out “content”.

    Have you written for Okayplayer in the past? Or is this your first time with them?
     
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  4. DKC
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    Aug 23, 2020
    The thing I most don't like about streaming is that the music is in the hands of a company. You don't actually own a copy of any of the music, it can be pulled any time for any reason they feel like pretty much.

    And then there's older stuff that's being effectively erased from rap canon because it's not available on streaming due to label issues (De La Soul), as well as newer stuff that were free mixtapes and the label doesn't wanna pay producers or clear samples (Mac Miller's Faces, Rich g---).
     
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  5. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Aug 21, 2020
    Made you a banner without reading the article yet hope it does it justice
     
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  6. Antman
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    Aug 23, 2020
    f--- That’s bad lmfao
     
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  7. 23michael23
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    Aug 23, 2020
    I'm curious of ways people are managing, cataloguing their music these days...I messed around with Pandora, Spotify,and music saved to hard drive and physical copies for a while, but it feels fragmented. As well people use Soundcloud, Youtube Music, Apple Music etc. There was something appealing about having it saved on a drive, custom artwork, and visualizations. I'm probably overcomplicating it, or not approaching it right.
     
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  8. lil uzi vert stan
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    Aug 21, 2020
    Taking the case to the people I like it.

    Def tag Liz pelly on Twitter :emoji_laughing::emoji_stuck_out_tongue:
     
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  9. Slyk
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    Slyk God made a prophet.

    Aug 22, 2020
    yeh i'm thinking about this more now as well...

    the artist is independent
    what would 200,000 spins equate to when calculating $ from an independent artist's CD sales in a pre-streaming era?

    1 album = ~1,500 streams
    200,000 streams = 133 albums
    1 album independently recorded & released = ~$10 in the artist's pocket after physical (CD/inserts) production costs
    133 albums = $1,330

    she took a 44% hit, but gained a platform & an audience

    i duno... @Antman thoughts? any idea what spotify's overhead is? or how their revenue / costs break down?
     
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  10. Slyk
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    Slyk God made a prophet.

    Aug 21, 2020

    this is f-----.
     
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  11. Antman
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    Aug 21, 2020
    I wrote some excerpts for a SOTY list, and had a Ghostface piece published on Sunday, and this just got published today
     
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  12. Antman
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    Aug 21, 2020
    Thanks so much bro!!!
     
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  13. Antman
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    Aug 21, 2020
    Thanks homie!
     
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  14. RetiredAccount
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

    Aug 21, 2020
    Nice article also that cellist could get it
     
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