Two days ago on Twitter, Portishead's Geoff Barrow was talking about Spotify's paltry royalty rates, claiming that it was basically impossible for artists to make any money from the streaming service. In the process, he asked his fellow artists a rhetorical question about their experience with the company:
https://twitter.com/carseatheadrest/status/946393280845139969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Toledo's experience is certainly atypical; he self-released a whole lot of lo-fi solo music before signing with Matador. Still, it's nice to know that someone, somewhere, is getting paid for music.
