Yes, even when you're in the top 10 it's virtually impossible.
There are a couple of great articles written by artists who explain that as big artists they would make a decent living; maybe collectively for the whole band they would bring in $250,000 for the year to be split among four or five people. Now for that same record, which consistently made that much money, it is maybe a couple of hundred dollars.
The impact is substantial. When these services come in and we lose the income, it hurts all of us. It hurts the songwriter and goes all the way up.