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We all know artists aren’t making money from making records anymore. Muzos FM is on a mission to change that.
For every premium subscriber, we take the majority of their subscription fee (6€ for premium subscribers, 2.50€ for general subscribers) and we use it pay one artist whose album they rated most highly each month.
This is approximately the same as streaming that album every day for six months.
Why are we doing it this way?
Most streaming services don't actually pay per stream, but pay a percentage of how much your music was listened to compared to everything else.
If an artist gets 10% of the streams that month, they get 10% of all the royalties.
That's great when you get your single on the biggest playlist on the platform, but if you're releasing your new experimental ambient disco album, most of your fans' subscription fee is probably being reallocated to artists they're not even listening to.
Muzos FM is taking a different approach, designed to complement this system rather than replace it.
For Example, a four piece indie folk band self-release their new 10 track album and it gets streamed 1,000 times by their fans. With streaming rates of estimated $0.004 per stream they could expect to make about 40€ from the streaming royalties. That covers a couple of drinks and some pizza to celebrate.
But when that album reaches 1,000 premium subscribers on Muzos FM who give it their best rating that month, the return would be 6,000€. That's enough to pay for the up front costs of touring, maybe even make up the costs of recording the album itself.
This way, we believe we can start building a system that works for all artists, regardless of their size.
Muzos FM is proudly basic in its design.
We just want to share great music and help artists earn a living.
There is no AI deciding what you do and don't see. Only real music recommended by real fans.
Muzos FM was created in 2026 in Berlin, Germany.
Muzos FM made possible by
Chris Hedges
Laura Siebart
Ollie Williams
Bee Baker
We are not funded by private equity firms.
We pay our taxes in the country we're based, not the one with the lowest rate.
We will never invest our profits in weapons manufacturing companies.