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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
When a terrestrial radio station plays a song, how much does an artist get in royalties?
If a single radio station with an average of 100K listeners played a song 10 times, how much would an artist receive?
If Pandora hadn't played it a million times, how would his income from that song change? Would he have sold it more? Would terrestrial radio stations have played it more? How has his income stream from this song been affected by Pandora?
He thinks what he received is too low. Most people believe their work is undervalued. But in reality, what should a 20 year old song be worth?
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I will dig out a SOCAN statement for some exact figures, but if a single radio station with an average of 100K listeners plays a song 10 times an artist might receive up to two or three bucks. Maybe, depending on if all of those plays get tracked and logged.
It depends on the station. You get one amount for campus/community radio, a little bit more for CBC, a little bit more for commercial stations. But it's only a few cents - I think a CJSW play gets you roughly a quarter - provided it comes during a SOCAN sampling period.
You get a fair bit more for TV. I think it's 3 - 5 bucks but again I'd have to check a statement. And you get more if its international. So for example, my old band had songs used twice as theme music for TV shows - once in Canada and once in Germany. I think we got a bit of a bump for the international one.
Once I remember my log in credentials for the SOCAN website I'll come back with the actual rates.
To put it all in perspective - I've forgotten the password for the site that tracks my song writing royalties. That's how little money we're talking about here.