Like many other composers, he has watched payment rates shrink, due largely to the competition of the ever increasing number of online sources for stock music. The majority of these sources sell artists’ music under a non-exclusive licensing agreement, allowing artists to offer the same music on multiple websites. As a result, the only way for a company to stand out is to sell artists' music on their sites at prices lower than their competitors. In the end, the artists must either choose to accept smaller payments or remove their music from some of the sites that represent them.