How to Support a Band's Tour

Each track on Sleepify was just 31 seconds long. Spotify requires a song to be played for at least 30 seconds to be registered as a play. It only took 5 minutes to stream all 10 tracks. After 10 days, Sleepify had racked up 1 million plays. That's when Spotify removed the album from its site. The band was unsure if they would receive any royalties. But Spotify did send Volpek a check for $20,000.

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