Recently Emily White, an intern at NPR All Songs Considered and GM of what appears to be her college radio station, wrote a post on the NPR blog in which she acknowledged that while she had 11,000 songs in her music library, she's only paid for 15 CDs in her life. Our intention is not to embarrass or shame her. We believe young people like Emily White who are fully engaged in the music scene are the artist's biggest allies.
Spotify is a horse of a different color. From what I understand, when you listen to an artist’s music in Spotify, that artist gets paid royalties for the use of the music.
And now that I read the article, I feel like a ‘tard. Didn’t realize the royalties were so low, but I guess it is better than nothing eh?
I feel pretty “low” about my past transgressions now.