Just a penney or two per play and or purchase a copy of a tune for a buck, maybe buy a whole album and we the creators would be happy, the economics of quality would sort the true artists, cause the "up and coming artists" to hone their skills and all the of the adjunct parts of music and the business of music would thrive again! Oh Happy Days! - Edwin Hawkins Singers....
Or am I dreaming in an age of.... "A million Spotify plays gets ya enough to buy a nice T-shirt?"