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Re:My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I G... by enraged_camel on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @01:11AM (#5937656)
Unless you do what I do, which is mail a check directly to the artist.

I'm not even kidding. Nothing is stopping you from writing a $50 check and sending it as a donation.

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Re:My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I G... by melvinram on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @04:15AM (#5938162)
I buy at least $30 of music each month from iTunes. Finding the addresses of these artists, writing a check and sending it their way would be more hassle than I care to go through.

If the artists don't like the deal that labels are giving them, they don't have to take it. They can build their own fan base, learn marketing, get exposure and sell their own stuff through iTunes and other places. A lot of artists are opting to do just that.

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