82 per cent of musicians earn less than £200 a year from streaming
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nme.comgovernment inquiry into the impact of “the business models” operated by the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Google Play.Musicians including Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Nadine Shah and Gomez‘ Tom Gray told MPs on the DCMS committee that streaming payments are “threatening the future of music”.Over £1 billion in revenue was generated from 114 billion music streams in the UK last year, with the inquiry noting, however, that “artists can be paid as little as 13% of the income generated”.Tomorrow (December 8), Chic legend Nile Rodgers will address the committee, where he’ll be joined by songwriter Fiona Bevan and jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch.Last week, Shah wrote an article criticising streaming services for.
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