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Originally Posted by patteeu
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Songwriters and Artists have never, ever received a "Lion's Share" of the revenue generated by album sales and publishing. As I've previously mentioned, 14% of retail selling price along with anywhere from 2 cents to 9 cents per song (before the Publisher's 25%-50% take) would not be considered a "Lion's Share" but it was certainly more money than anyone earns from Streaming.
As I mentioned earlier, Album sales and Performance Income are waaaaaaaaaay down and have been replaced by streaming. If streaming didn't exist, an Artist/Songwriter would receive approximately 20 cents per song per sale. Instead, they're receiving .0002-.0004 per stream, with albums sales not in the hundreds of thousands or millions but in five digit and low six digits.
With that said, to answer your question, yes, I think the quality of songwriter and artists would increase if streaming wouldn't exist or would pay as much as the traditional model because budgets would increase, collaboration between A&R, Producers, Mixers, Songwriters and Performers would increase.
Everyone involved would be given a longer leash, leading to meaningful development, which of course would lead to higher quality and better overall music.