Ali͎na NorakariSomebody I know is in the top 10% of Spotify.
Guess how much the artist makes by being in the top 10% of Spotify.
Around $50 a month.
Streaming music sucks
Erik Boritsch@lastfuture But is being acknowledged as an artist not the point of art? Spotify does that. As for monetary reward — you're talking job not art. There are surer ways to earn a living than music.
IMO, being a musician in top 10% of Spotify or an artist altogether is a luxury. Gives you lots of bragging rights similar to, say, a Benley. Both will cost you a premium though. Being e.g. an engineer is much less hip but pays the bills.But it's not as hip as being in top 10% of Spotify. Choose wisely.
@erik art is not single purpose, it's multi-faceted. Is being recognized for your code contributions the point of being a programmer? Ask one who works in-house at a large corporation, one that is scraping by with freelance web development and one that contributes a lot to open source projects and they will give you different answers
@lastfuture Well, some purposes are better served with art than the others. Social aspect is well-served: it's more fancy to be a musician than programmer. Monetary aspect is more of a lottery though: for every millionaire there are thousands of part-time waiters. For programmers less celebrities, more stable income.
There's always a trade-off. Spotify is just a medium to connect artist with the audience. The artist didn't get much money out of it, but a ton of bragging rights about top 10%.