There is a lot of information scattered about the web that explains different ways to get paid with your music in todays economy... This post on rolling stone's website does a really good job of breaking the different streams down. Go read it. Nuff said.

The New Economics of the Music Industry

How artists really make money in the cloud – or don't

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-new-economics-of-the-music-industry-20111025#ixzz1nYe6oNUt