What I do next is go to Jango internet radio website: http://www.jango.com/ , and then I click the link “Artist and Labels, Get your music on Jango”. The next thing I see is this URL: http://airplay.jango.com/music+promotion/home

It provides some quick information such as:

250 plays – $10
1000 plays – $30
4000 plays – $100

And then with a stat that says: “1000 plays typically gets 40-80 new fans -which you can contact!”

OK now we have the stats assuming you are planning what you will get from this investment. What potential income can you get from this?

1.) If you are a member of performing right societies like Sound exchange, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, they will pay you performance royalties. The question is how much? Well, it might sound complex but stated here: http://www.copyright.gov/carp/webcasting_rates_final.html , it says that the royalty is around 0.07 cents per performance to a maximum of 0.14 cents per performance.

If you analyze Jango stats provided above, you are investing at cents per play:

250 plays – $10 OR 4 cents per play
1000 plays – $30 OR 3 cents per play
4000 plays – $100 OR 2.5 cents per play

And when you read that document closely it is a royalty payment for the use of sound recording not the song copyrights itself (example the lyrics and melodies). So if we factor performance royalties earned by song copyrights, how much would that be? The figure should be somewhat similar to royalty figures above, say 0.06 cents per play and additional 0.07 cents, and total 0.13 cents for both use of sound recording and song copyrights. For better estimates say we will use the modest figure of 0.07 cents per performance.

Is it possible to earn money through song performance in Jango? Theoretically, when you subscribe for airplay at $100 for 4000 plays, the following are the financial stats:

Investment:
4000 plays for $100: 2.5 cents per play

Income:
Performance royalty calculated at 0.07 cents per play:

Performance royalty receivable in 4000 plays: 0.07 cents x 4000 = 280 cents = $2.8

Net profit = $2.80 – $100 = -$97.2
Have I done the math correctly?

It shows that by theory it is not possible to profit by performance alone ; provided Jango.com pays 0.07 cents to either Soundexchange.com as mandated by law.

So what you will do?: Tapped other income generating opportunities. Like CD sales, single downloads via iTunes, etc. The more fans you have , the more likely you will earn. The good thing is that if your song is a true hit, it can get free plays (not paid), so in the end by stroke of luck you might be receiving a positive royalty statement.