{
Why we're building
}
the problem
Managed decline
The pro-rata model that governs streaming royalties was designed when processing billions of individual stream events was impractical. All subscriber revenue goes into a collective pool, divided by total platform stream share, not by what any individual listener actually played. Only 81,100 of the 13 million artists on a single platform earned more than $10,000 last year. The infrastructure that justified this model has changed. The model has not.
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0
Avg user saving
0
0
Avg user saving
0
0
Avg user saving
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
*Vs current market per stream average. **Plus 5% platform fee
{
Features
}
Built for both sides
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
{
The conversation
}
What artists are saying
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"New artists get paid next to nothing with this model. It is an equation that just does not work."
Twitter, July 2013
Thom Yorke
Radiohead
"Make no mistake - new artists you discover on streaming will not get paid. Meanwhile shareholders will shortly be rolling in it."
Twitter, July 2013
Taylor Swift
Musician
"Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for."
Wall Street Journal, July 2014
Mariah Carey
Musician
"I receive one sixteenth of a penny per stream."
Public statement, 2024
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"If people had been listening to streaming instead of buying records in 1973, I doubt very much if Dark Side of the Moon would have been made."
Twitter, July 2013
David Byrne
Talking Heads
"Streaming is a bad deal for the vast majority of working musicians. The inevitable result of this will be that the middle class of musicians will be destroyed."
The Guardian, 2015
Patrick Carney
The Black Keys
"Spotify and streaming have gotten to the point where it is impossible for small labels to function. It is not making up for the loss of revenue from illegal downloading."
NME, 2013
Imogen Heap
Musician
"For every million streams I get around 163 GBP. It is not a living wage. The system needs to be redesigned from the ground up."
TED Talk, 2015
Tom Gray
Gomez, founder of #BrokenRecord
"If someone streams a Gomez song, how much do you get paid for that?" "Oh, I get paid nothing for that."
BBC Radio 5 Live, 2020
UK DCMS Committee
UK Parliament
"The music streaming industry is booming but the vast majority of musicians are not receiving a fair share of the revenues."
Economics of Music Streaming inquiry, 2021
UMAW
Union of Musicians and Allied Workers
"It takes 263 streams for an artist to earn a single dollar at the current average rate. This is not a living."
Justice at Spotify campaign, 2020
Bjork
Musician
"Streaming feels to me like a new kind of piracy. The companies are making a lot of money and the artists are getting paid very little."
Pitchfork, 2015
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"New artists get paid next to nothing with this model. It is an equation that just does not work."
Twitter, July 2013
Thom Yorke
Radiohead
"Make no mistake - new artists you discover on streaming will not get paid. Meanwhile shareholders will shortly be rolling in it."
Twitter, July 2013
Taylor Swift
Musician
"Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for."
Wall Street Journal, July 2014
Mariah Carey
Musician
"I receive one sixteenth of a penny per stream."
Public statement, 2024
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"If people had been listening to streaming instead of buying records in 1973, I doubt very much if Dark Side of the Moon would have been made."
Twitter, July 2013
David Byrne
Talking Heads
"Streaming is a bad deal for the vast majority of working musicians. The inevitable result of this will be that the middle class of musicians will be destroyed."
The Guardian, 2015
Patrick Carney
The Black Keys
"Spotify and streaming have gotten to the point where it is impossible for small labels to function. It is not making up for the loss of revenue from illegal downloading."
NME, 2013
Imogen Heap
Musician
"For every million streams I get around 163 GBP. It is not a living wage. The system needs to be redesigned from the ground up."
TED Talk, 2015
Tom Gray
Gomez, founder of #BrokenRecord
"If someone streams a Gomez song, how much do you get paid for that?" "Oh, I get paid nothing for that."
BBC Radio 5 Live, 2020
UK DCMS Committee
UK Parliament
"The music streaming industry is booming but the vast majority of musicians are not receiving a fair share of the revenues."
Economics of Music Streaming inquiry, 2021
UMAW
Union of Musicians and Allied Workers
"It takes 263 streams for an artist to earn a single dollar at the current average rate. This is not a living."
Justice at Spotify campaign, 2020
Bjork
Musician
"Streaming feels to me like a new kind of piracy. The companies are making a lot of money and the artists are getting paid very little."
Pitchfork, 2015
FAQs
FAQs
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
{
Get in touch
}
tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com
{
Get in touch
}
Tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com
{
Get in touch
}
tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com
{
Why we're building
}
the problem
Managed decline
The pro-rata model that governs streaming royalties was designed when processing billions of individual stream events was impractical. All subscriber revenue goes into a collective pool, divided by total platform stream share, not by what any individual listener actually played. Only 81,100 of the 13 million artists on a single platform earned more than $10,000 last year. The infrastructure that justified this model has changed. The model has not.
0
0
Avg user saving
0
0
Avg user saving
0
0
Avg user saving
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
*Vs current market per stream average. **Plus 5% platform fee
{
Features
}
Built for both sides
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
{
The conversation
}
What artists are saying
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"New artists get paid next to nothing with this model. It is an equation that just does not work."
Twitter, July 2013
Thom Yorke
Radiohead
"Make no mistake - new artists you discover on streaming will not get paid. Meanwhile shareholders will shortly be rolling in it."
Twitter, July 2013
Taylor Swift
Musician
"Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for."
Wall Street Journal, July 2014
Mariah Carey
Musician
"I receive one sixteenth of a penny per stream."
Public statement, 2024
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"If people had been listening to streaming instead of buying records in 1973, I doubt very much if Dark Side of the Moon would have been made."
Twitter, July 2013
David Byrne
Talking Heads
"Streaming is a bad deal for the vast majority of working musicians. The inevitable result of this will be that the middle class of musicians will be destroyed."
The Guardian, 2015
Patrick Carney
The Black Keys
"Spotify and streaming have gotten to the point where it is impossible for small labels to function. It is not making up for the loss of revenue from illegal downloading."
NME, 2013
Imogen Heap
Musician
"For every million streams I get around 163 GBP. It is not a living wage. The system needs to be redesigned from the ground up."
TED Talk, 2015
Tom Gray
Gomez, founder of #BrokenRecord
"If someone streams a Gomez song, how much do you get paid for that?" "Oh, I get paid nothing for that."
BBC Radio 5 Live, 2020
UK DCMS Committee
UK Parliament
"The music streaming industry is booming but the vast majority of musicians are not receiving a fair share of the revenues."
Economics of Music Streaming inquiry, 2021
UMAW
Union of Musicians and Allied Workers
"It takes 263 streams for an artist to earn a single dollar at the current average rate. This is not a living."
Justice at Spotify campaign, 2020
Bjork
Musician
"Streaming feels to me like a new kind of piracy. The companies are making a lot of money and the artists are getting paid very little."
Pitchfork, 2015
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"New artists get paid next to nothing with this model. It is an equation that just does not work."
Twitter, July 2013
Thom Yorke
Radiohead
"Make no mistake - new artists you discover on streaming will not get paid. Meanwhile shareholders will shortly be rolling in it."
Twitter, July 2013
Taylor Swift
Musician
"Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for."
Wall Street Journal, July 2014
Mariah Carey
Musician
"I receive one sixteenth of a penny per stream."
Public statement, 2024
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"If people had been listening to streaming instead of buying records in 1973, I doubt very much if Dark Side of the Moon would have been made."
Twitter, July 2013
David Byrne
Talking Heads
"Streaming is a bad deal for the vast majority of working musicians. The inevitable result of this will be that the middle class of musicians will be destroyed."
The Guardian, 2015
Patrick Carney
The Black Keys
"Spotify and streaming have gotten to the point where it is impossible for small labels to function. It is not making up for the loss of revenue from illegal downloading."
NME, 2013
Imogen Heap
Musician
"For every million streams I get around 163 GBP. It is not a living wage. The system needs to be redesigned from the ground up."
TED Talk, 2015
Tom Gray
Gomez, founder of #BrokenRecord
"If someone streams a Gomez song, how much do you get paid for that?" "Oh, I get paid nothing for that."
BBC Radio 5 Live, 2020
UK DCMS Committee
UK Parliament
"The music streaming industry is booming but the vast majority of musicians are not receiving a fair share of the revenues."
Economics of Music Streaming inquiry, 2021
UMAW
Union of Musicians and Allied Workers
"It takes 263 streams for an artist to earn a single dollar at the current average rate. This is not a living."
Justice at Spotify campaign, 2020
Bjork
Musician
"Streaming feels to me like a new kind of piracy. The companies are making a lot of money and the artists are getting paid very little."
Pitchfork, 2015
FAQs
FAQs
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
{
Get in touch
}
tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com
{
Get in touch
}
Tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com
{
Get in touch
}
tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com
{
Why we're building
}
the problem
Managed decline
The pro-rata model that governs streaming royalties was designed when processing billions of individual stream events was impractical. All subscriber revenue goes into a collective pool, divided by total platform stream share, not by what any individual listener actually played. Only 81,100 of the 13 million artists on a single platform earned more than $10,000 last year. The infrastructure that justified this model has changed. The model has not.
0
0
Avg user saving
0
0
Avg user saving
0
0
Avg user saving
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Rightsholder payout*
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Monthly cap**
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
0
0
Current global artist dissatisfaction
*Vs current market per stream average. **Plus 5% platform fee
{
Features
}
Built for both sides
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
01
PAYL
02
ecosystem
03
royalties
04
Discovery radio
{
The conversation
}
What artists are saying
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"New artists get paid next to nothing with this model. It is an equation that just does not work."
Twitter, July 2013
Thom Yorke
Radiohead
"Make no mistake - new artists you discover on streaming will not get paid. Meanwhile shareholders will shortly be rolling in it."
Twitter, July 2013
Taylor Swift
Musician
"Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for."
Wall Street Journal, July 2014
Mariah Carey
Musician
"I receive one sixteenth of a penny per stream."
Public statement, 2024
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"If people had been listening to streaming instead of buying records in 1973, I doubt very much if Dark Side of the Moon would have been made."
Twitter, July 2013
David Byrne
Talking Heads
"Streaming is a bad deal for the vast majority of working musicians. The inevitable result of this will be that the middle class of musicians will be destroyed."
The Guardian, 2015
Patrick Carney
The Black Keys
"Spotify and streaming have gotten to the point where it is impossible for small labels to function. It is not making up for the loss of revenue from illegal downloading."
NME, 2013
Imogen Heap
Musician
"For every million streams I get around 163 GBP. It is not a living wage. The system needs to be redesigned from the ground up."
TED Talk, 2015
Tom Gray
Gomez, founder of #BrokenRecord
"If someone streams a Gomez song, how much do you get paid for that?" "Oh, I get paid nothing for that."
BBC Radio 5 Live, 2020
UK DCMS Committee
UK Parliament
"The music streaming industry is booming but the vast majority of musicians are not receiving a fair share of the revenues."
Economics of Music Streaming inquiry, 2021
UMAW
Union of Musicians and Allied Workers
"It takes 263 streams for an artist to earn a single dollar at the current average rate. This is not a living."
Justice at Spotify campaign, 2020
Bjork
Musician
"Streaming feels to me like a new kind of piracy. The companies are making a lot of money and the artists are getting paid very little."
Pitchfork, 2015
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"New artists get paid next to nothing with this model. It is an equation that just does not work."
Twitter, July 2013
Thom Yorke
Radiohead
"Make no mistake - new artists you discover on streaming will not get paid. Meanwhile shareholders will shortly be rolling in it."
Twitter, July 2013
Taylor Swift
Musician
"Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for."
Wall Street Journal, July 2014
Mariah Carey
Musician
"I receive one sixteenth of a penny per stream."
Public statement, 2024
Nigel Godrich
Producer, Radiohead
"If people had been listening to streaming instead of buying records in 1973, I doubt very much if Dark Side of the Moon would have been made."
Twitter, July 2013
David Byrne
Talking Heads
"Streaming is a bad deal for the vast majority of working musicians. The inevitable result of this will be that the middle class of musicians will be destroyed."
The Guardian, 2015
Patrick Carney
The Black Keys
"Spotify and streaming have gotten to the point where it is impossible for small labels to function. It is not making up for the loss of revenue from illegal downloading."
NME, 2013
Imogen Heap
Musician
"For every million streams I get around 163 GBP. It is not a living wage. The system needs to be redesigned from the ground up."
TED Talk, 2015
Tom Gray
Gomez, founder of #BrokenRecord
"If someone streams a Gomez song, how much do you get paid for that?" "Oh, I get paid nothing for that."
BBC Radio 5 Live, 2020
UK DCMS Committee
UK Parliament
"The music streaming industry is booming but the vast majority of musicians are not receiving a fair share of the revenues."
Economics of Music Streaming inquiry, 2021
UMAW
Union of Musicians and Allied Workers
"It takes 263 streams for an artist to earn a single dollar at the current average rate. This is not a living."
Justice at Spotify campaign, 2020
Bjork
Musician
"Streaming feels to me like a new kind of piracy. The companies are making a lot of money and the artists are getting paid very little."
Pitchfork, 2015
FAQs
FAQs
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
What is Nomelody?
When will Nomelody launch?
What is a Superfan subscription?
How is this different from other streaming platforms?
Can I listen offline?
How do rightsholders earn on Nomelody?
Can artists control how their royalties are split?
What is Discovery Radio?
How do I sign up as an artist or listener?
How does the monthly cap work?
Is there a minimum spend each month?
{
Get in touch
}
tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com
{
Get in touch
}
Tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com
{
Get in touch
}
tell us about your experiences.
Why are we asking?
The connection between a listener’s decision and an artist’s income has been severed by opaque pooling systems and static subscriptions. We are building a platform rooted in transparency, equity, and direct value exchange; and to do that effectively, we need your lived experience.
Whether you are an artist who has struggled with unpredictable royalty payouts and algorithmic gatekeeping, or a listener who wants to know exactly where your money goes, your insights are the foundation of our evolution.
By sharing your story, you help us refine our feature set and generate primary market data. Together, we can bridge the gap between industry revenue and creator compensation, building a viable path for the future of music.
hello@nomelody.com