Confessions of a Serial Songwriter: (Not So) Gently Down the Stream

If you've been in the songwriting business for more that a few years, you've undoubtedly seen your royalty statements fizzle so I'm sure this statement will make you crazy: Spotify is worth more than the entire U.S. music industry. Whaaaat? How can that possibly be? Apparently, it's true. You must have noticed that some big name songwriters have been publicly disclosing how little they are being paid from the streaming of their hit songs. For example, Linda Perry has reported receiving $350 from...