What Musicians Actually Get Paid By iTunes, Pandora And Spotify Is Truly Pathetic

Everyone has harbored dreams of being a professional musician at one time. But when you see the personal finances of cellist Zoe Keating — and the money she earns from online song and album sales via iTunes and Amazon — you'll think twice about giving up your day job. Worse, the income she gets from streaming music services like Pandora and Spotify is so pathetic it's not enough to live on — even though her songs were streamed 2.8 million times last year. All told, Keating sold 33,000 sin...