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Musicians have been demanding more money when their songs are streamed on services like Spotify, Apple, Pandora and Amazon. On March 31, The Copyright Royalty Board took a first step in changing the rate musicians are paid. So how much do musicians make when someone streams their music? And how it is affecting the Minnesota music scene? Producer Alex Cheng caught up with Minneapolis based music manager Bobby Maher to talk about how this may impact Minnesota-based musicians.

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On March 31, The Copyright Royalty Board took a first step in changing the rate musicians are paid when their songs stream on services like Spotify, Apple, Pandora and Amazon. Producer Alex Cheng caught up with Minneapolis based music manager Bobby Maher to talk about how this may impact musicians.

Musicians have been demanding more money when their songs are streamed on services like Spotify, Apple, Pandora and Amazon. On March 31st The Copyright Royalty Board took a first step in changing the rate musicians are paid. So how much do musicians make when someone streams their music? And how it is affecting the Minnesota music scene? Producer Alex Cheng caught up with Minneapolis based music manager Bobby Maher to talk about how this may impact Minnesota-based musicians.

Musicians may soon make more money from streaming services

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