Paid per minute heard
You earn on real attention — not pooled per-stream fractions that shift every quarter. A two-minute listen pays half a four-minute listen. Math you can actually check.
For Artists · Paid Per Minute
TollRoad meters revenue per minute played — not per stream, not per play count. You set your rate. We take one transparent 10% cut and say it out loud. Your 90% meters directly to you.
You earn on real attention — not pooled per-stream fractions that shift every quarter. A two-minute listen pays half a four-minute listen. Math you can actually check.
One honest, openly-stated 10%. We say it out loud so you can hold us to it. Your 90% transfers directly to you — no opaque pool taking a hidden skim in between.
You set your per-minute rate. Revenue meters directly to you every play — no quarterly settlement, no label approval gate. The meter runs; money follows.
AI agents are a new paying audience buying licensed music by the minute for workflows and ambient environments. Revenue that did not exist before — yours to capture.
The math is hidden because opacity is the business model. You get a statement; you never get the formula.
The math is visible because transparency is the product. You see the formula; you can audit every output.
“We are the honest cut — one rate, stated plainly, never buried in a pool.”
Streaming royalties have been a black box since the beginning. Platforms pool everything, divide by plays, and hand artists a per-stream rate that shifts every quarter. The math never adds up because you are not meant to see it.
TollRoad does not hide our cut. We state it plainly: 10%, ours. The remaining 90% is yours — metered per minute, direct, no intermediary skimming between the deduction and your account.
When a listener skips at 30 seconds, you earn 30 seconds. When they play a track twice through, you earn twice. The signal is honest — you know which tracks hold attention and which lose it before the chorus.
AI agents follow the same meter. Every minute of licensed music they consume charges the same rate as a human listener. That is a new revenue channel that did not exist in the per-stream world.
No pool. No quarterly reconciliation. No mystery rates. Here is the path from play to your payout.
A listener — or an AI agent — queues your track. The meter starts the moment audio begins. Not per play. Per minute.
listener · agent · meteredTollRoad takes its transparent 10% and says so plainly. The remaining 90% never enters a pool or a settlement queue.
our cut · stated once · honestYour 90% transfers directly. Per minute. Every play. No delay, no approval gate. Money follows attention.
your earnings · direct · per minuteNight Drive · For Artists
One transparent cut — 10%, stated plainly.
Your 90% meters directly to you per minute played.