You can listen to the song on the radio if you wanted. Point being that the artist still get revenue from that.
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Furthermore, the sincere musicians I keep talking about really don't get paid well.
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Being an artist is creative profession. If you choose to go down that road you know it can take years to make a few pennies. And in this day and age you also know the big bad record companies only want to make money off you. That's why most artists have a regular job to support their hobby until their hobby becomes their job.
Look, I think we're kind of talking past each other. The problem I have with the way things currently go is that music, right now, is an infinite money resource that's way out of proportion. If you want to sell your song on iTunes for a dollar that's fine. The problem I have is the money that is made of radio airtime and airtime at events and such. You're charging people money because they are (involuntarily) listening to something they don't even own. Why can't music be treated as any other medium? You buy it for the price you think it's worth and if you as a radio station then want to put it on the air there should be no extra charge for that.
And on the note of illegal downloading, I pay 14 cents authors compensation PER empty CD (60 cents for a DVD) because I MIGHT copy music on them. That is some major bullshit.