I always miss the “deadline” to celebrate this milestone (8/7/02). I’m still proud of this though. Before there was Spotify, Pandora, etc…KMAG preceded them and it may be my opinion, my stream is superior to those services and the artists made more money because I bought their music first. They are paid better via me buying their CDs, MP3s and (maybe) Vinyl than the pittance they receive through streaming services. I would have to play something by a favorite of mine a thousand times in a row before they get anything close to enough money to buy a value meal at McDonald’s (the average rate according to Forbes is $0.006/play, this is on the high end for about a third of them). It’s hard to believe they make more through radio which is dying. It’s also no surprise that the popular crap rakes it in, for as the old radio adage goes…the masses are asses.
Eventually my stream will find a way to free itself from its technical limitations! Meanwhile, I will get back to finishing those ‘mixtapes’ I created of what were the ‘best’ tunes after 1990.