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since spotify wrapped is coming today i just want to bring awareness to the fact that around 86% of the songs on spotify are currently demonetized since spotify decided that tracks with under 1,000 cannot be monetized. not only that the ceo of spotify cashed out $35.8 million dollars in spotify shares in the third quarter of the year and it has been reported that he earns more than the top artists on the platform.
for a platform that claims to support artists, this is outrageous and i hope people realize that an artist who is starting out, cannot make a living out of spotify streams simply because daniel ek and his friends made it worse for the artists trying to start a career. if you wanna support musicians and the possibility for them to get a living wage please follow United Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) which are trying to make The Living Wage for Musicians Act a reality so musicians can be paid fairly through streaming platforms and get the cut they deserve.
I’m a musician with >1 million plays on Spotify, and I’d like to highlight that all indie artists suffer rather hilariously from Spotify’s pricing schemes!
(I have ✨receipts✨)
first off:
If you like and support an artist enough for them to appear on your Wrapped, please consider:
- buying their music directly from them (Bandcamp, their websites, etc. - I guarantee there are options)
- supporting them by buying merch or going to their shows
- direct support (Patreon, online tip jars, etc.)
onto the spice:
How much do I make on Spotify streaming royalties every year?
$1-20
$20-50
$50-100
$100-1000
$1000+
See ResultsAnswer & receipts below the cut:
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one step
take one step at a time
I read somewhere you can manage your day better
broken down
but maybe I’ve been too literal
my little pieces cut deeper
there’s glass in your skin
pulling me in
stinging me back
one day
one more day and you’ll sleep it all off
I transcended insomnia
years, hours, minutes ago
leave it alone -
where do I show my work?
I’ll write you a proof on the inside
of my airlock walls
I have overcome every asteroid field I’ve sown
now I want to know what happens if I stay still
do I stop breathing?
(do) I finally forget
what it’s like to forget
how it feels to freefall
lonely through the stars
(weave me a weapon of my own reflection
tell them they came for my home and my leftover heart and I left them
weave me a weapon of my own reflection
tell them they came for my home and my leftover hope and I let them)
maybe my problem was thinking I deserved an audience
when I was too young for empathy, I climbed a tree and thought myself a bird
and no one told me -
but I am only so many tentative event horizons
twisting in the wind
and our time comes—
© Lira Yin. written 2022
(Source: Spotify)
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Lira does* Jamuary 2022
much like Inktober and NaNoWriMo for visual art & fiction writing respectively, Jamuary is a month-long marathon for musicians - the mandate: write a song a day. regardless of how it turns out, it’ll be an exercise in discipline & concentrated practice time.
“song” seems to be fairly open to interpretation, so for my purposes, I’m mostly creating one original topline per track: all vocals/melodies/lyrics/effects & processing will be mine - if I use an instrumental as a a base (largely audio that’s available through archive.org or licensed under Creative Commons), the source will be marked below.
I started January 4 - I’ll continue until I run out of steam, likely not in January. hopefully I’ll get better as I go.
follow along on Instagram & Soundcloud for updates as they come - I’ll keep this master list updated with credit as well:
jam 06 - original instrumental
jam 24 - original instrumental + vocals
jam 3/12 - original instrumental + vocals
(*attempts)
