The ad reads “Dance like nobody’s paying” above a pitch that Spotify Premium is free for the first 30 days. “Dance like nobody’s paying because we aren’t,” tweeted singer/songwriter David Poe in response. “Keep in mind that it takes 380,000 streams a month on @Spotify for an artist to earn minimum wage,” wrote musician and advocate Blake Morgan. “Meanwhile, the average @Spotify employee earns $14,000 a month. Nobody’s paying? We musicians are, with our lives. #IRespectMusic” “That is simply awful,” added one fan. “Just think, the ad agency employee who came up with that tone-deaf (pun intended) foolishness is paid more than the vast majority of artists on Spotify.”
Source: Hyperbot