It sounds like people used to buy her CD, but not listen to it. Now that she is payed per play the money is dry.<p>Actually it just sounds like her fan base has eroded, and nobody wants to listen to her music.<p>I think there is one fair point: Established artists at record companies have always been getting pennies on the dollar of CD sales, while independent artist got everything after expenses when selling CD's at their shows. With the streaming model it seems like everybody gets paid as if they were on a major deal - it is just not everyone who benefit from the investment and exposure that a major deal gives.
The basic problem is there is so much good music out there and it has become so easy to find (and cheap to make) that it impossible for most musicians to make anything but the most basic living. I don't have a solution.