Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 9 minutes ago
An online music library used to pay composers 50% of revenue from sales. Now they only pay 35%. Do the maths - this is a cut of 30%. Musicians lose again.
UPDATE
It seems the 60% figure for content exclusive to Pond5, mentioned in a caption, is only for video content. Oh well.
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An online music library used to pay composers 50% of revenue from sales. Now they only pay 35%. Do the maths - this is a cut of 30%. Musicians lose again.
UPDATE
It seems the 60% figure for content exclusive to Pond5, mentioned in a caption, is only for video content. Oh well.
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![The curious case of the wobbly microphone [Ft. Audio Phil]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F45dJvMosfA/mqdefault.jpg "The curious case of the wobbly microphone [Ft. Audio Phil]
So I went to a concert and a microphone wobbled. Does it matter? Can we hear it? What would Audio Phil think?
CREDITS
BBC Proms - https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms
Royal Albert Hall - https://www.royalalberthall.com/
Cynthia Millar (Onde Martenot) - https://www.medici.tv/en/artists/cynthia-millar
Online Sound (try it yourself) - https://onlinesound.net/oscillator-modulator
DAVID MELLORS MUSIC
David Mellors music on Bandcamp - https://davidmellor.bandcamp.com/
David Mellors music on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OkaDx4vB4O2ssUA5p4M8g?si=M6bsrHIZQWWCeqv6_Nvfgw
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