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No I don’t think it should be different. That’s your position.
Previously musicians of all types made money by selling recordings. You may have heard of them, at one time they were called “records”, “cassette tapes”,”CDs” and even MP3 and AACs. They made a lot more money from that as opposed to streaming.
If a musician was deemed “good enough” they would get a recording contract or position within a ban (or orchestra). They would get an advance but also much more of the money per sale than on streaming. Infortinatrly the more people in a band the fewer micropennies per stream they would get. Hence a huge band would get nothing.
Very few bands with up to a hundred members are are making any profit whatsoever from streaming. Their profits if any come from sales, which is my point. Even small bands who have to practice make diddly squat on streaming. And to get really good they have to practice a lot which means rich parents .
I don’t care whether your job is in the arts or not. Why should you be any different?
Also don't understand why you're being defensive/aggressive about genuine questions. Discuss it with yourself if you're going to be a pillock.
I’m listening to and buying more music than I ever have, probably because of streaming. I subscribe to the premium deezer service with higher bit rates and find I am discovering and listening to bands I never would have before streaming. When I find something I like I will go and buy either the vinyl album or cd or sometimes both! I’m a lover of music, in all of it’s formats and as long as there are enough people like me I don’t think music will ever die!