Re: Spotify
Unless the artist is a big name pop star, it's unlikely they're making much from Spotify. Any artist who got into a record deal prior to digital music being a big thing is probably not getting much at all. The people I heard talking about what they get paid from streaming are mostly hard rock/metal bands, which is going to have more streams than bluegrass. Most of them thought of streaming as advertisement more than a serious revenue stream.
I remember seeing a headline that a musician would have to have somewhere in the tens or hundreds of millions of streams to make what the average Spotify employee gets paid. And that's provided they had a good deal with their label.
Based on all that, I think it's unlikely any bluegrass musician's estate is making much. If anyone on here draws a decent check from a streaming service, I'd love to stand corrected.
Soliver arm rested and Tone-Garded Northfield Model M with D’Addario NB 11.5-41, picked with a Wegen Bluegrass 1.4
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