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A Los Angeles band figured out a way to make $20,000 from Spotify by doing absolutely nothing. The royalties started pouring in after Los Angeles band Vulfpeck wrote Sleepify, a completely silent album, and posted it to Spotify. The scheme, intended to fund a tour of free shows, called for fans to stream the silent album through the night as they slept. The band's fanbase is small—about 1,000 or so—and Spotify's royalty rate is only $.007 a stream, but the overnight plays began to add up.
Fans played the album nightly, each generating up to $3 as they slept, . Spotify soon owed Vulfpeck a $20,000 royalty check. Eventually the streaming service figured out what was going on. "It's a clever stunt but we prefer Vulfpeck's earlier albums," . "Sleepify seems derivative of John Cage's work."
Of course Spotify's sense of humor only goes so far—last week , citing a violation of their terms and conditions.
Clever!
Fans played the album nightly, each generating up to $3 as they slept, . Spotify soon owed Vulfpeck a $20,000 royalty check. Eventually the streaming service figured out what was going on. "It's a clever stunt but we prefer Vulfpeck's earlier albums," . "Sleepify seems derivative of John Cage's work."
Of course Spotify's sense of humor only goes so far—last week , citing a violation of their terms and conditions.
Clever!
