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"As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle" (front page, Jan. 29) shone an overdue spotlight on the microscopic wages paid to musicians in the digital radio age.
But it left out the punch line. Not only do online radio companies pay a pittance for the music that is the backbone of their business, but they are also busy lobbying Congress for a new law to cut those rates even further, by as much as 85 percent.
Congress held a hearing on Pandora's rate-cut bill last fall, at which a Grammy-winning artist and producer, Jimmy Jam, testified, "It's hardly fair to ask the very people who enable Pandora's business to work for below-market rates."
But even if these rates are low, at least with digital radio, artists do get paid when their performances are used. We can't say the same of AM/FM radio, which doesn't pay musicians or their labels a cent for their songs. AM/FM claims it shouldn't have to pay because it creates new stars, but anyone who's been stuck in drive time listening to the same tired rotation of a handful of well-worn songs knows that simply doesn't hold up.
If we value music, we need to value all musicians' work — wherever and however we listen.
TED KALO
Executive Director
musicFIRST
Washington, Jan. 31, 2013
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