https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/research/pay-stub-a-sync-placement-on-a-youtube-series https://wearethemusicmakers.co/research/pay-stub-a-sync-placement-on-a-youtube-series A worked calculation of one sync placement in a YouTube web series for an indie artist who owns the master and co-wrote the song: the upfront fee, the sync and master split, a sync agent's commission, the co-writer's share, and what is (and is not) knowable about the backend. Every assumption is stated; public ranges checked on 27 Oct 2026. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT We are the music makers format-pay-stubsync-licensingroyaltiesmusic-business https://wearethemusicmakers.co/research/pay-stub-what-a-million-streams-pays https://wearethemusicmakers.co/research/pay-stub-what-a-million-streams-pays On public estimates of $0.003 to $0.005 per stream, a million Spotify streams is worth roughly $3,000 to $5,000 on the recording side before a distributor takes its cut, and, on our own estimate from the US statutory rate, roughly another $900 to $1,500 on the publishing side. Every assumption is below, so you can swap in your own. Sources read 27 Oct 2026. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT We are the music makers format-pay-stubstreamingroyaltiesdistributionpublishing