Some quick math....
$20 -- Premium Artist Service
1/2 cent -- Each "qualified play" (at least 30 seconds)
4000 plays/mo. (Appx. 135 plays/day) -- to break even.
Sooo...If each site had an average of 3 songs--
And around 50 people played them all every day (from stations, maybe?)--
Everybody could make ends meet.
Selling CDs thru mp3.com's set-up could help, too.
Why do i always have so much free time? ehhh..