Music Streaming & Fake Lists

Written by Mitch Santell
Producer / Co-founder

The past few months for us producer's and creators has been a roller coaster ride as we attempt to gain clarity on what the hell is going on with music streaming.

Are you as confused as we are? The answer for me as the Co-founder of @BigReggaeMix and the Producer for the station is "Are you people crazy?"

The reason for the confusion has a lot to do how people are paid, how streams are calculated and who gets the lion share of income.

The confusion partially is the battle between the performance rights organizations like ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SoundExchange and others.

Here are three articles that will give you further insights on this:

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SPOTIFY IS SET TO END 2017 WITH 70M SUBSCRIBERS AND $5BN IN REVENUE. BUT HOW MUCH MONEY WILL IT LOSE?  http://bit.ly/2uujYWT

WHY SPOTIFY’S FAKE ARTISTS PROBLEM IS AN EPIDEMIC. LITERALLY.
http://bit.ly/2tjBNaw

SPOTIFY DENIES IT’S PLAYLISTING FAKE ARTISTS.
​http://bit.ly/2sXcYWz

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