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👏 this!!

Since it's Spotify Unwrapped time, see that one track you streamed 480 times you superfan? Go buy the album on the artist's site. Treat yourself to the vinyl or maybe just the digital download, or buy some merch.

You can still stream it for convenience, but paying for it makes all the difference.

6/ If you enjoyed this thread and are interested in hearing what I make, you can check out my music on all platforms under the name Jordz. #musicindustry #wrapped #spotifywrapped #independentartist #musicians #djproducer #musicmaker #femaleproducer #girlswhoproduce #streams #musictalk #music #thread

5/ Alas, my $30 leaves me net negative when I factor in my annual distributor costs (I’m an independent artist so make my songs 100% solo at this stage). But I’m net positive in support, and hearing from those who have listened to, and deeply felt my music - is priceless.

4/ Not to mention label cuts if your song is signed. All of these things use time and money, and that return doesn’t come back in the form of stream income. It comes back in the form of people. Audiences who support their favourite artists at shows, who share their music and help them be discovered.

3/ But even popular artists have it tough. Software, additional producers, mixing and mastering engineers, time spent writing/recording, recurrent distributor fees. Then comes marketing, PR, running ads, interviews, social media, so on and so forth.

2/ Artists earn about $0.006 per stream. This number is skewed higher for bigger artists, and vice versa. Considering the cost to make music, you can’t really make anything if you solely produce and release music (at least from my viewpoint as an indie artist).

Wrapped is my yearly reminder that artists are paid peanuts. I’ve made $30 all year on my streams. This is why supporting artists through live gigs and merch is so important. 🧵

The other apps have an ad every THREE posts. Adverts, adverts, adverts. Do you know how wild that is? That we casually accepted 1/3 of everything we take in to be advertising? Coming onto here is just so fresh.

Be yourself and do what you love! 🎶✨

Jordz here! 🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m an independent music artist from Australia. Here’s a clip of my latest release so you can get an idea of the type of music I create. #dj #producer #vocalist #australia #melbourne #melbournemusic #musicvictoria #djproducer #girlswhodj #girlswhoproduce #femaledj #indiedance #melodic