AJ Washington
3 min readDec 14, 2020

Dear Recording Artist,

We see you. We hear you. And we want to help.

Almost universally, every artist we’ve spoken with has said the same thing. They want to be financially independent and creatively free. The career defining moment they’re waiting for is the moment they realize their career is sustainable and growing, supported by a loyal fanbase. That’s it!

So how do you achieve that?

The bad news is, the music industry, as currently designed, doesn’t pay. Artists earn between $.0032 and $.0056 per stream depending on the digital streaming platform, meaning that for every…