YOUR QUESTION

12/26/2020 Mike Bouchet

Hi Trevor, I hope this finds you doing well.
Do you actually get paid anything when people buy your music on itunes? Do you receive any kind of payment through Amazon or other streaming services? Whats the best place for people to buy your music?
Thanks for all the great music and inspiration over the years.

MY ANSWER

Streaming services are a joke as far as payment is concerned. You’d laugh if you saw the statements which list micro-cents. 200 plays at .000000000072 parts of a dollar. The best way for people to pay for music is live shows, merch, physical copies and making payments to the label or artists (say, via Bandcamp) directly.