This post originally appeared on Chavah Messianic Radio, a service by Tabernacle of David teacher Judah Gabriel Himango.
In June, we received the following donations to Messiah’s Music Fund:
$120 – one-time donation$140 – recurring monthly donations through Patreon$50 – my own contributionTotal: $310
That leaves us with $310 to distribute this month to Messiah’s musicians on Chavah. 😎 It’s not much, but “do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin.” (Zech 4)
Want to increase that amount? Donate to Messiah’s Music Fund.
How do we distribute donations? Simple formula:
total donations * artist plays / total plays
For example, if there were 1000 songs played on Chavah in June, and 200 of those songs were from Lamb, then we’d have $300 * 200 / 1000 = $60. This formula means that the songs that get played more, get paid more. 😊
(Want an artist to get paid more? Up vote their songs; higher ranked songs are played more often.)
We only introduced Messiah’s Music Fund last week, and we didn’t start tracking artist plays until then. So, we only have a partial view (1 week’s worth) of total plays. That’s acceptable for this month; next month we should see a bigger picture. Here are the total play counts for the last week of June:
| Artist | Plays | % total plays | Dispersement |
| Paul Wilbur | 2102 | 6.87% | $21.30 |
| Various Artists | 1510 | 4.94% | $15.30 |
| Sons of Korah | 1490 | 4.87% | $15.10 |
| Lamb | 1136 | 3.71% | $11.51 |
| Marty Goetz | 1046 | 3.42% | $10.60 |
| Micha’el Eliyahu BenDavid | 931 | 3.04% | $9.44 |
| Ted Pearce | 895 | 2.93% | $9.07 |
| Barry & Batya Segal | 875 | 2.86% | $8.87 |
| Steve McConnell | 767 | 2.51% | $7.77 |
| Joshua Aaron | 687 | 2.25% | $6.96 |
| Zemer Levav | 581 | 1.90% | $5.89 |
| Jonathan Settel | 563 | 1.84% | $5.71 |
| Avner & Rachel Boskey | 546 | 1.79% | $5.53 |
| Troy Mitchell | 422 | 1.38% | $4.28 |
| Israel’s Hope | 409 | 1.34% | $4.15 |
| Karen Davis | 387 | 1.27% | $3.92 |
| Joel Chernoff | 378 | 1.24% | $3.83 |
| Jimmie Black | 343 | 1.12% | $3.48 |
| Aviad Cohen | 341 | 1.11% | $3.46 |
| Lenny & Varda Harris | 336 | 1.10% | $3.41 |
| Sarah Liberman | 306 | 1.00% | $3.10 |
| Mishkanim | 305 | 1.00% | $3.09 |
| Lev Shelo | 294 | 0.96% | $2.98 |
| Steve Rees | 294 | 0.96% | $2.98 |
| Baruch HaShem Worship Team | 291 | 0.95% | $2.95 |
| Midor Ledor | 287 | 0.94% | $2.91 |
| Baht Rivka Whitten | 252 | 0.82% | $2.55 |
| Children’s Songs from God’s Word (With Irit Iffert & Yael Kalisher) | 252 | 0.82% | $2.55 |
| James Block | 251 | 0.82% | $2.54 |
| Miqedem | 236 | 0.77% | $2.39 |
| Roman and Alaina | 235 | 0.77% | $2.38 |
| Helen Shapiro | 232 | 0.76% | $2.35 |
| Maranatha Singers | 218 | 0.71% | $2.21 |
| Jamie Hilsden & Lior Sperandeo | 215 | 0.70% | $2.18 |
| Meha Shamayim | 196 | 0.64% | $1.99 |
| Liberated Wailing Wall | 195 | 0.64% | $1.98 |
| Keren Silver | 190 | 0.62% | $1.93 |
| Carlos Perdomo | 185 | 0.60% | $1.87 |
| Deborah Kline-Iantorno | 185 | 0.60% | $1.87 |
| Philip Stanley Klein | 176 | 0.58% | $1.78 |
| Maurice Sklar | 171 | 0.56% | $1.73 |
| New Wine | 170 | 0.56% | $1.72 |
| Steve Bell | 165 | 0.54% | $1.67 |
| Inna Pikman | 163 | 0.53% | $1.65 |
| Kol Simcha | 156 | 0.51% | $1.58 |
| Carolyn Hyde | 151 | 0.49% | $1.53 |
| The Lumbrosos | 147 | 0.48% | $1.49 |
| Ronen Shalom | 147 | 0.48% | $1.49 |
| Dan & Melissa David | 145 | 0.47% | $1.47 |
| Sharon Wilbur | 141 | 0.46% | $1.43 |
| Marty Goetz & Misha | 137 | 0.45% | $1.39 |
| The Star of David Singers | 136 | 0.44% | $1.38 |
| Teshuva | 135 | 0.44% | $1.37 |
| Bruce & Lynne Patterson | 135 | 0.44% | $1.37 |
| Hebron | 134 | 0.44% | $1.36 |
| Melody Joy | 131 | 0.43% | $1.33 |
| Natasha Kraus-Reynolds | 128 | 0.42% | $1.30 |
| Dov Zeira | 127 | 0.42% | $1.29 |
| Benjamin Malgo | 125 | 0.41% | $1.27 |
| Ian Michaels | 124 | 0.41% | $1.26 |
| Michael Nissim | 122 | 0.40% | $1.24 |
| Tents of Mercy | 121 | 0.40% | $1.23 |
| Mason Clover | 113 | 0.37% | $1.15 |
| Moshav | 113 | 0.37% | $1.15 |
| Hein Zentgraf | 111 | 0.36% | $1.12 |
| Ted Pearce & Friends | 111 | 0.36% | $1.12 |
| Mijael Hayom | 110 | 0.36% | $1.11 |
| Misha Goetz | 108 | 0.35% | $1.09 |
| Roeh Israel Worship Team | 108 | 0.35% | $1.09 |
| Lily Rice | 105 | 0.34% | $1.06 |
| David L. Martin | 105 | 0.34% | $1.06 |
| Adalya | 105 | 0.34% | $1.06 |
| Martin Sarvis | 99 | 0.32% | $1.00 |
| Shilo Ben Hod | 98 | 0.32% | $0.99 |
| Congregation Shemen Sasson | 95 | 0.31% | $0.96 |
| Teresa Thomas | 94 | 0.31% | $0.95 |
| Andrew Hodkinson | 94 | 0.31% | $0.95 |
| Hannah Jay | 94 | 0.31% | $0.95 |
| Paul Heyman | 92 | 0.30% | $0.93 |
| Phil Plotnek | 91 | 0.30% | $0.92 |
| Sally Klein O’Connor | 90 | 0.29% | $0.91 |
| Les Morrison | 87 | 0.28% | $0.88 |
| Chuck King | 86 | 0.28% | $0.87 |
| Savae | 84 | 0.27% | $0.85 |
| Shelley R. Coldren | 82 | 0.27% | $0.83 |
| Lynne McDowell | 80 | 0.26% | $0.81 |
| Greg Silverman | 76 | 0.25% | $0.77 |
| Leonardo Díaz | 75 | 0.25% | $0.76 |
| Ash Soular | 72 | 0.24% | $0.73 |
| David Abramsky | 72 | 0.24% | $0.73 |
| Yamma Ensemble | 72 | 0.24% | $0.73 |
| Kathy Shooster | 70 | 0.23% | $0.71 |
| Sue Samuel | 70 | 0.23% | $0.71 |
| Birgitta Veksler | 69 | 0.23% | $0.70 |
| Bruce Cohen | 68 | 0.22% | $0.69 |
| Kehilat Ha Ma’ayan Congregation | 68 | 0.22% | $0.69 |
| Maurice Sklar & Hugh Sung | 67 | 0.22% | $0.68 |
| Barry & Batya Segal with the Jerusalem Singers | 66 | 0.22% | $0.67 |
| Ben Tzion and Tali Waller | 65 | 0.21% | $0.66 |
| Leslie Ann | 65 | 0.21% | $0.66 |
| Sha’arei Hashamayim | 65 | 0.21% | $0.66 |
| Christopher Mann | 64 | 0.21% | $0.65 |
| Elisheva Shomron | 63 | 0.21% | $0.64 |
| The Olive Green | 63 | 0.21% | $0.64 |
| Marc Chopinsky | 61 | 0.20% | $0.62 |
| Shai Sol | 58 | 0.19% | $0.59 |
| Nell Zier | 57 | 0.19% | $0.58 |
| Deanne Glenn | 56 | 0.18% | $0.57 |
| Joshua Rosen | 53 | 0.17% | $0.54 |
| Renalee | 52 | 0.17% | $0.53 |
| The Hebraism Music Project | 52 | 0.17% | $0.53 |
| Magen David | 52 | 0.17% | $0.53 |
| Nate Benjamin | 52 | 0.17% | $0.53 |
| Ephraim Ben Yoseph | 51 | 0.17% | $0.52 |
| Yariv Goldman | 51 | 0.17% | $0.52 |
| Shlomo & Neshama Carlebach | 49 | 0.16% | $0.50 |
| Israeli and Arabic Artists | 49 | 0.16% | $0.50 |
| Gary Kaplan | 48 | 0.16% | $0.49 |
| LaDonna Taylor | 48 | 0.16% | $0.49 |
| Daniel Kopp & Sarah Liberman | 45 | 0.15% | $0.46 |
| Kelly Ferrari | 45 | 0.15% | $0.46 |
| Cari Eyres | 45 | 0.15% | $0.46 |
| Kendra Martin | 45 | 0.15% | $0.46 |
| Shel Zahav | 44 | 0.14% | $0.45 |
| Ross | 43 | 0.14% | $0.44 |
| Yaron Cherniak | 43 | 0.14% | $0.44 |
| Chad and Joy | 42 | 0.14% | $0.43 |
| Melanee McClure | 41 | 0.13% | $0.42 |
| Yerubilee | 41 | 0.13% | $0.42 |
| Shawna Rae | 39 | 0.13% | $0.40 |
| Margaret Becker | 39 | 0.13% | $0.40 |
| The Trees Will Know | 37 | 0.12% | $0.37 |
| Christene Jackman | 37 | 0.12% | $0.37 |
| Tapestry of Praise | 37 | 0.12% | $0.37 |
| Oxana Eliahu | 36 | 0.12% | $0.36 |
| Jarmula Band | 36 | 0.12% | $0.36 |
| Hector David | 35 | 0.11% | $0.35 |
| Grupo Jerusalem | 34 | 0.11% | $0.34 |
| Messianic Praise | 33 | 0.11% | $0.33 |
| Barak | 33 | 0.11% | $0.33 |
| Ian Michaels & Nava Michaels | 32 | 0.10% | $0.32 |
| Matthew Hall | 32 | 0.10% | $0.32 |
| Nathan Hayward | 31 | 0.10% | $0.31 |
| Eli & Rachel Haitov | 31 | 0.10% | $0.31 |
| Ted Pearce & Cultural Xchange | 31 | 0.10% | $0.31 |
| Rebecca Weiler | 31 | 0.10% | $0.31 |
| Ana Gloria Copening | 31 | 0.10% | $0.31 |
| Unknown Artist | 31 | 0.10% | $0.31 |
| Alicia Smith | 31 | 0.10% | $0.31 |
| Zola Levitt with Marty Goetz | 30 | 0.10% | $0.30 |
| Evan Levine | 30 | 0.10% | $0.30 |
| Jonathan Kegans | 29 | 0.09% | $0.29 |
| Elana Watson | 28 | 0.09% | $0.28 |
| David Loden | 27 | 0.09% | $0.27 |
| Keren & David Seguin | 26 | 0.09% | $0.26 |
| David Rives | 26 | 0.09% | $0.26 |
| Jeanne Gere | 26 | 0.09% | $0.26 |
| Jonathan & Cindy Bernd | 25 | 0.08% | $0.25 |
| Kirk Dearman | 25 | 0.08% | $0.25 |
| Ben & Vera Karlsson | 25 | 0.08% | $0.25 |
| Rachel Washington | 23 | 0.08% | $0.23 |
| Sons of Avi | 23 | 0.08% | $0.23 |
| Shmulik Nissim | 23 | 0.08% | $0.23 |
| Double Portion Worship Team | 23 | 0.08% | $0.23 |
| Lee Rothman | 23 | 0.08% | $0.23 |
| Natalie Isaacs | 23 | 0.08% | $0.23 |
| Jaymie Bellet | 22 | 0.07% | $0.22 |
| Ashira אשירה | 22 | 0.07% | $0.22 |
| Beverly Braumuller-hawver | 22 | 0.07% | $0.22 |
| Matthew Hoffmann | 22 | 0.07% | $0.22 |
| Diane Stough | 21 | 0.07% | $0.21 |
| Leorah | 21 | 0.07% | $0.21 |
| Estep | 21 | 0.07% | $0.21 |
| The Effi Netzer Singers | 20 | 0.07% | $0.20 |
| Jonathan Lane | 20 | 0.07% | $0.20 |
| Alexander Roytman | 20 | 0.07% | $0.20 |
| Robin Mark | 20 | 0.07% | $0.20 |
| Kevin Knott | 19 | 0.06% | $0.19 |
| B’nai Shalom Praise Team | 19 | 0.06% | $0.19 |
| Jaci Redlin | 18 | 0.06% | $0.18 |
| Josh Hegg | 18 | 0.06% | $0.18 |
| Joshua Waller | 17 | 0.06% | $0.17 |
| Sheli Myers | 17 | 0.06% | $0.17 |
| Alyssa Kennedy | 16 | 0.05% | $0.16 |
| Tina Bolinger | 16 | 0.05% | $0.16 |
| Katie Giguere | 16 | 0.05% | $0.16 |
| A B Singers | 16 | 0.05% | $0.16 |
| Voices Of Israel | 16 | 0.05% | $0.16 |
| Sarah Benedick | 15 | 0.05% | $0.15 |
| Curt Oxford | 15 | 0.05% | $0.15 |
| Bobby Van Jaarsveld | 15 | 0.05% | $0.15 |
| Jerry Marcellino | 14 | 0.05% | $0.14 |
| Will Spires | 13 | 0.04% | $0.13 |
| Daniel Carmel | 13 | 0.04% | $0.13 |
| Baruch Boaz | 13 | 0.04% | $0.13 |
| Sasha Roytman | 12 | 0.04% | $0.12 |
| Ann Hilsden | 12 | 0.04% | $0.12 |
| Devora Clark | 12 | 0.04% | $0.12 |
| Andrew Gabriel Roth | 11 | 0.04% | $0.11 |
| Judah & Jennifer Morrison | 11 | 0.04% | $0.11 |
| Wane V. Daroux | 11 | 0.04% | $0.11 |
| Amanda Sicher | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Jubilare Singers | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Avion Blackman | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Kathleen Susnjar | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Jessica H. Kaye | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Kamal Sampara | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Heartsville | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Parable | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Blue Mosaic | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Praises For Yahweh | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Asharyahuw | 10 | 0.03% | $0.10 |
| Nomi Pritz & Roy Kendall | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Chesed | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Downpour | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Giselle | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Karen-Or Karni Hirsch | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Brian Doerksen | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Beit Immanuel Congregation | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Colin Bennie | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Eitan Masuri | 9 | 0.03% | $0.09 |
| Rachel Boskey | 8 | 0.03% | $0.08 |
| Citizen Israel | 8 | 0.03% | $0.08 |
| CC Jones | 8 | 0.03% | $0.08 |
| Lahet Kherev | 8 | 0.03% | $0.08 |
| Chaim Warchawsky | 8 | 0.03% | $0.08 |
| Hesh the Messianic | 8 | 0.03% | $0.08 |
| Navi | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| Esther ‘Eti’ Horesh | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| Richelle Sowers | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| Celeste Mills and Chaim Warshawsky | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| Regina Zaki | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| David Edwards | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| Jordan Thomas | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| Josephine Krauss & Kamal Sampara | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| Bought with a Price | 7 | 0.02% | $0.07 |
| Naftali Imber | 6 | 0.02% | $0.06 |
| Misha Goetz & Sharon Wilbur | 6 | 0.02% | $0.06 |
| Hagevatron | 6 | 0.02% | $0.06 |
| Sara Herndon and Jonathan Sacks | 6 | 0.02% | $0.06 |
| Celia Whitler | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Ami Shavit | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Kelly Willard | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Kibbutz Ha’Ma’apil Trio | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Craig Taubman | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| James J. Novak & Keryn Moriyah | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Justin Black | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Ric Blair | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Vesna Beuhler | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Edlin Somorin | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Zamru Lo Singers | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Chaya Shalom | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Benjamin Hersh | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Loree Brownfield | 5 | 0.02% | $0.05 |
| Hillel Ben Yochanan | 4 | 0.01% | $0.04 |
| Zac Waller | 4 | 0.01% | $0.04 |
| Trevor Dandy | 4 | 0.01% | $0.04 |
| Tony Angelo | 4 | 0.01% | $0.04 |
| Renewal | 3 | 0.01% | $0.03 |
| Jeanne Gere, Kevin Stokes, Katie Giguere | 3 | 0.01% | $0.03 |
| Carol Cantrell | 3 | 0.01% | $0.03 |
| Roy Kendall | 2 | 0.01% | $0.02 |
| Jordan Marcellino | 2 | 0.01% | $0.02 |
| Hananya Naftali | 2 | 0.01% | $0.02 |
| Lawrence Strauss | 1 | 0.00% | $0.01 |
| Netzer | 1 | 0.00% | $0.01 |
| Joy Griffiths | 1 | 0.00% | $0.01 |
| Effi Netzer Band | 1 | 0.00% | $0.01 |
You’ll notice we have some small problems with our data. “Various Artists” is played a lot — mostly because of albums like Praise to Our God which features multiple artists — and we need to fix that. We’ll aim to have better tracking on that next month.
One other data note: it’s…tedious (and not that useful?) to donate tiny amounts to artists whose music didn’t play much. An artist receiving $0.40 isn’t going to be thrilled with that donation. 😉 To account for that, we’ll donate to the artist once their dispersement reaches $5. If an artist earned less than $5, we’ll roll that amount into the next month. For example, if an artist made $2 in June, and $4 in July, the artist won’t receive any money in June but will receive $6 in July.
Friends, I’m stoked you’re supporting Messiah’s musicians on a monthly basis. This is a real tangible good work for the Lord! Thank you! While a few bucks a month isn’t much, I hope we can grow this small beginning into something impactful to the artists on Chavah.
If you haven’t already, please grow Messiah’s Music Fund by donating here.
Thanks friends!
