Thanks Dom. You’re right. Musicians aren’t paid nearly enough, including me. I wish streaming were more profitable but alas it’s not - yet. I am thankful that I have shows and Notes of Rest sessions to supplement the Pennies made from streaming as well as my day job with Fearless Dialogues.
Sadly, my experience as a Christian musician has been that church people want free music, and think that Christian musicians should NOT ask to be paid. The quality and quantity of music in the church has declined, as a result. Musicians, in general, have been cheated out of the profits from their own work; especially Black musicians, which with even a brief look into the history of music will show. The corporations have stacked the decks against musicians. Streaming makes pennies, even if your music is enjoyed by thousands of people. It's amazing to me, that you have managed to be paid all these years, Julian, but, then again, there is a lot of weight behind a degree from Yale, as opposed to a local non-Ivy league school, like UNH, where I attended.
Thanks Dom. You’re right. Musicians aren’t paid nearly enough, including me. I wish streaming were more profitable but alas it’s not - yet. I am thankful that I have shows and Notes of Rest sessions to supplement the Pennies made from streaming as well as my day job with Fearless Dialogues.
Sadly, my experience as a Christian musician has been that church people want free music, and think that Christian musicians should NOT ask to be paid. The quality and quantity of music in the church has declined, as a result. Musicians, in general, have been cheated out of the profits from their own work; especially Black musicians, which with even a brief look into the history of music will show. The corporations have stacked the decks against musicians. Streaming makes pennies, even if your music is enjoyed by thousands of people. It's amazing to me, that you have managed to be paid all these years, Julian, but, then again, there is a lot of weight behind a degree from Yale, as opposed to a local non-Ivy league school, like UNH, where I attended.