“Why should they be mad at a fraction of a penny when they used to get a penny to be on radio”

Because it’s a fraction of what they used to get paid LOL

Not to mention that commercial radio play reaches more people per spin than probably a thousand streams, if not 10,000.

You would think there would be more artist collective owned streaming sites? If just the artists on Okayplayer alone had a streaming site for their catalog and new music, seems like they could get a decent subscription base at a modest cost? Would y’all pay, say, five bucks a month to stream catalog play exclusive new music from The Roots, D’Angelo, Erykah, and affiliated acts? I bet they could get a bunch of other people on board. Kweli would probably be with it. The Dilla estate. Jay tried this with Tidal, but somehow I think it would work better from the grassroots working its way up to bigger artists because underground fans would seem more loyal to the concept of their favorite artists bucking the system than richer artists like Jay, then they could build it up towards getting bigger artists on board (not saying guys like D’Angelo count as underground, but you can follow the logic, he sure isn’t viewed as being as commercial as Jay)

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com