Spotify Paid Me $40,000 for 10 Million Streams. Is That Fair?

That paycheck belongs to Nashville-based singer-songwriter Perrin Lamb, whose track, ‘Everyone’s Got Something,’ has now received 10 million streams on Spotify.  According to a recent profile by the New York Times, that equals $40,000 in royalties for Lamb, who remains unsigned to either a record label or publisher.  “Mr. Lamb benefits from a business infrastructure that lets independent musicians operate outside the standard label system,” Times rep