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"Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery shared this (pic below), which displayed that “Low” was streamed more than 1.1 million times on Pandora. The payment? $16.89."
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"Nashville’s Janis Ian has nine Grammy nominations and two songs in the Grammys hall of fame—she’s a songwriter, touring musician, and children’s author. She also received a royalty cheque worth a single penny."
More examples here at Aux.tv
via dangerous minds
So if that's the state of play in streaming how much do you think having your music played in a food store might be worth. A well known shop chain was indeed playing the original version of Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man" as the in-house muzak. And there in one vile swipe of a bar code the man who symbolised an entire generation of counter culture is rendered meaningless in an instant. ValueBuy=Worthless.
And then of course there's Google 'Ad'ded Value
Here's what Barrett Strong had to say about it. He won't be getting any payout either.
