The Musicadium Theory of Royalty-vity
In the music industry, royalties are par for the course. Royalties mean the musical pie is shared by all. There are many scenarios where royalty sharing makes good, equitable, incentivised sense.
Digital distribution is not one of these.
Digital distribution in the strict sense is a once-off transaction. Much like post office sends your parcels in return for your postage costs, digital distributors send your digital files away for an upload fee.
Why then would it be necessary for the distributor to then take an ongoing percentage of the artist’s revenue? Whether it’s 9%, 15% or 30%, the digital distributor sits back skimming the cream off your musical milk, unendingly. And for what? Nothing more than a simple, initial transaction.
That’s why Musicadium returns 100% of royalties to our artists.
Simple really.
