I’m psyched! I just checked the data from Amazon Music’s artist app and got some terrific news. I’ve spoken here and on social media about the need of artists with smaller followings to wean themselves off of Spotify. Spotify makes money off our streams, but has recently said that they won’t pay artists until they get 1000 streams per track. What they didn’t say that once you get to the 1000 stream threashhold, whether you get backpay, or whether they confiscate the $.0032 perstream they owe you.
Anyway, now for, to me, the exciting news. Here’s the screenshot from Amazon on some stats. They show I’m doing better than most artists in my listener category in the “Daily Voice Index”. I know the numbers aren’t so high, but I’ve only been promoting Amazon Music and Apple Music to my fans for a few months. So progress is progress. I currently make more money from both of them than I do under Spotify’s old rules. And since Spotify will essentially shaft smaller artists, I feel that abandoning Spotify is in my best interest.
