Yeah, well y'know what? As a former musician, Spotify is where indies who can't get a record deal go because they aren't marketable. And no one is going to start paying $100/mo or whatever it is that would make the millions of nobody artists profitable. You pay $40 and get global distribution. That's a sick deal. If you can't properly promote shows and generate income, you probably don't deserve it. Not everyone can be famous, not everyone can make a living off of art. 0.1% can and it's always been that way. The expectation that you can toss some music on Spotify and make significant passive income is absurd.
>> Spotify is where indies who can't get a record deal go because they aren't marketable
Maybe as a 'former musician' you're a bit out of the loop? But indies don't 'go to Spotify'. You pay $40 to CDBaby or similar distribution services (DistroKid etc) and they distribute your track to pretty much all streaming services and digital music stores. Then they collect the payments for you. Nobody is picking and choosing which music streaming service to be on.
