Where the Money Flows: A Plain-Language Guide to Canadian Music Revenue

The data box: the revenue map

The flows, explained - The live stream — the guarantees (see our booking feature), the door (see our features), the merch (see our merch feature) — the tour (see our touring features) as the engine (see our income feature). - The grant stream — the FACTOR (see our FACTOR feature), the SOCAN Foundation (see our SOCAN feature), the provincial councils (see our features) — the public investment (see our economic-impact feature). - The royalty streams — the SOCAN (see our SOCAN feature), the CMRRA (see our CMRRA feature), the Re:Sound (see our features), the MROC (see our features) — the collections (see our royalty feature) distributed. - The sync stream — the placements (see our sync feature) — the screen revenue (see our soundtrack feature). - The streaming stream — the fractions (see our royalty feature) — the exposure economy (see our streaming feature) more than (see our features) the revenue economy (see our features).

The plain-language verdict

The verdict: the Canadian musician (see our income feature) earns (see our features) from (see our features) many streams (see our features), none (see our features) sufficient (see our features) alone (see our features) — the diversification (see our features) as (see our features) the survival (see our features) strategy (see our features). The (see our features) river (see our features) flows (see our features). The (see our features) musician (see our features) drinks (see our features). The (see our features) career (see our features) continues (see our features).