The truth is that music labels use clever accounting tricks to make millions of dollars while paying the artists virtually nothing.

For every $1000 of music sold the average musician makes $23.40 according to TheRoot.com.

TechDirt.com adds that "huge megastars like Lyle Lovett have pointed out that he sold 4.6 million records

and never made a dime from album sales. It's why the band 30 Seconds to Mars went platinum

and sold 2 million records and never made a dime from album sales. You hear these stories quite often."