I love to stream music. I love artists that make music. I want them to be able to live off what they make.

Here are some of my favourite music-streaming platforms:

• SoundCloud: use an artist-centric payment model. In 2023 they turned profitable, which is something Spotify have not achieved. Edit, 2024-01-08: it was recently announced by Sky News that SoundCloud appear to try to sell their platform. Hopefully, this will not lead to what Bandcamp are becoming.
• Catalytic Sound: 'Catalytic Sound is a music based co-operative designed to help create economic sustainability for its artists through patron support. Put simply, one half of all album purchases and subscription fees will always go directly to the musicians of the collective.'
• Resonate: sadly, Resonate came across a crisis early in 2023, and are winding down since October 2024. Resonate is/was the first community-owned music-streaming service. Their payment model is artist-centered and user-centric.
• Bandcamp: even though Bandcamp have been sold a couple of times (in 2022 and 2023), they allow users to stream music (both via the web and via their app) and download the music, too. They take roughly 10-15% of what users pay, and the rest goes to the artist.
• Rokk: launched in September 2024, they want to pay artists '2-3 times more' than other streaming services and allow the end user to pay 10% of their monthly pay by signing up for Rokk via a special artist link^[1]. Support their Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign!

Rokk pricing strategy