Tupac, and Manfredd Mann have all partnered with Ditto to get their music into as many
digital stores as possible.”
Ditto fees are fairly straight-forward. A subscription for a single is roughly $8.00
USD and an album is $25 UDS, both paid annually. They also offer a variety of packages
from their Start A Record Label package, priced at $41.25 to their Chart Breaker package
priced at $130.35. More information can be found on their site at
http://www.dittomusic.com/dittomusic/Custom.aspx?Services.
So, how much can you make? A fair question. Although it varies between countries
and platforms, Spotify roughly pays .3¢ per play. By contrast, iTunes pays roughly
$.70/track. This is, of course, is less and added fees, taxes and such, if and as applicable,
so the amount you actually receive will be slightly less. Most pay by bank transfer or
Paypal.
An even better explanation comes from Dan Reitz, musician, producer, educator and
trombonist for the band Ramforinkus. On Dan’s blog (http://danreitz.com/blog-spotify-
piracy/) he provides some insights into his experience with Spotify, iTunes and other out-
lets with his song, Friend in the Head.
“If you are a frequent user of Spotify, you’ve probably heard the ad that says ‘Piracy
is so last year. Every time you listen to music on Spotify, you make money for the right-
sholders and artists.’ If you haven’t, you will; it comes on about once every two hours.
Spotify is an amazing service, offering unlimited, free access to an ocean of recorded
music. It’s the closest thing to a perfect music app since the original Napster (the piratey
version) but where finding a tune on Napster was totally dependent on who was online at
a given time, Spotify’s entire library is 100% there 100% of the time—and it’s legal. It is