[charmerci]

Yeah, I guess concerts are now the only way.

Just looking at this -

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003097B7I

I know she's made some dough on these albums but I just wonder if she getting any royalties on this - 5 albums for $12. Great for us - not so much for her?

[jarcher]

Not from streaming it seems, particularly for songwriters - pretty sad :

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/will-streaming-music-kill-songwriting

[Phil A]

A few years ago from Rolling Stone on alternative ways people who have made it get revenue streams - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/9-ways-musicians-actually-make-money-today-20120828/instant-concert-recordings-19691231

[dB Cooper]

I recently bought a download of a guitar/vibe duo ( Tom Beckham and Brad Shepik) from Bandcamp. It was available in FLAC at no extra cost "for audiophiles and nerds" (That's what it says on the site LOL). Bandcamp allow lower-profile acts to get their stuff out there without incurring the usual distribution costs associated with selling physical media from B&M channels.

It's sold on a "name-your-price" model which is interesting. Asking price was $9. I tossed in a couple extra. I'm sure these guys don't do to their gigs in limos, unlike,say, Taylor Swift who has a concert playing on iTunes right now which looks like it cost a quarter of a million dollars to stage. So the no-talent, easily marketable acts like Swift and Bieber (read: the pubescent market) get all the promotional push. The less commercial acts that used to get the crumbs? There aren't any crumbs anymore thanks to a generation that 'downloads' all its music.

I read the article linked by archer. This artist had her song streamed several million times and literally made enough to buy a nice sit-down lunch. Pathetic.

[Johnny2Bad]

Yeah, I guess concerts are now the only way.

Just looking at this -

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003097B7I

I know she's made some dough on these albums but I just wonder if she getting any royalties on this - 5 albums for $12. Great for us - not so much for her?

It's part of the Standard Contract with the record company (and no-one, not even the big stars, gets out of the Standard Contract): all sales at any price other than MSRP (or more accurately, to the retail reseller at the full wholesale price) are paid at a royalty rate of $zero.

It's possible that the reseller is eating the loss (that is, they paid full wholesale for the album(s) and are now taking the loss themselves) but if the discount is coming from the record company ("remainders"), nada for the artist(s).