Gary Numan has revealed that a million streams of one of his songs saw him receive a pay out of £37.His comments arrive as representatives from the three major record labels – Universal, Sony Music and Warner Music Group – provided evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee inquiry into the economics of music streaming earlier today (January 19).Last year, musicians such as Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, Elbow’s Guy Garvey and Nadine Shah warned MPs that unfair streaming payments were “threatening the future of music” during the first hearing.Numan hasn’t appeared at the inquiry, but gave his thoughts on the revenue from streaming – putting the figures into context.“The solution’s simple,” he told Sky News. “The streaming.
Read more on nme.com