Streaming Price Index : Current Streaming Pay Rates as of 12/31/11
Payable to Artist/Label via digital distributor for sales from Jul to Dec 2011 *
Zune
15,159 = $437.58 = .028 = 25:1 Itunes Song Download
Napster
30,238 = $479.07 = .016 = 43:1 Itunes Song Download
Rhapsody
50,822 = $668.57 = .013 = 53:1 Itunes Song Download
Spotify
798,783 = $4,277.39 = .005 = 140:1 Itunes Song Download
* these figures are from an independent catalog of 87 albums / 1,280 Songs – BEFORE the distributor’s cut/fee.
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The Trichordist 
I think we’re going in the wrong direction here.
Sooooo that’s a bit more than $4.50 per song, or almost $67 per album… over HALF A YEAR!?
And that’s an established label, not even an independent band. Without the benefits imparted by a label, how exactly would streaming help out an indie band? It costs a bunch of money to even have your music up there to begin with, doesn’t it?
Confused