As for how much Spotify pays for each stream, they pay about $0.04 per 10 streams. So, 1000 streams is about $4, while 100,000 streams is $400. Also, to get free Spotify songs at no cost, I would use AudFree Spotify Converter to download favorite songs locally to your computer.
Tidal and Spotify royalties
Odd ball question but thought I would post here. I often listen to streaming audio on my system and then switch to my turntable. I occasionally forget to pause or stop the Tidal stream prior to switching Preamp settings to the turntable. Although I understand the royalty for streaming is pennies (or less) to the artist, I wondered if royalties are collected if it is streaming without sound while I’m listening to records.