23 bucks for every $1000

[kansascitycat]

Thought this article was kinda interesting.

Says musicians make about $23 for every $1000 in music sold.

http://www.theroot.com/views/how-much-do-you-musicians-really-make?GT1=38002

 

[Madison Kaine]

good read

 

[Zer0.MediA]

You should mention that the article is about major label artists, and they're talking about bands (guitar, bass, drum, vocal).

So technically the band is making about 100 bucks per 1000.

 

[Luscious7ew]

damn, thats crazy

 

[Zer0.MediA]

But by the time you have all that bullshit, they already gave you some type of cash advance, and they're paying for your promo...

So you're seeing a decent paycheck by that time, I would suppose. I'm sure this article is covering the Nickelbacks and Green Days of the world.

 

[rising_tied]

To who posted this, did you happen to read this of of Absolute Punk cuz I know this was recently posted and talked about

 

[Kain]

I'm guessing he read it off of the link he posted.

 

[Leatha Face]

how can you really calculate how much an artist makes generally since its all relative to their contract?

 

[Zer0.MediA]

Because other than Metallica, bands get cookie cutter contracts and the biggest differences would be in their merch/sign ons.

 

[kansascitycat]

To who posted this, did you happen to read this of of Absolute Punk cuz I know this was recently posted and talked about

To the motherfucker asking me stupid questions: If knew the shit was posted and talked about I wouldnt have posted it. I read the shit on msnbc the day i posted this. The one u speak of was a Itunes sales calculator i believe

 

[thevce]

Most bands are now fronted recording costs by the label (say $10,000) and they don't see a penny of it until the debt is paid back. This is why there's an influx of bands on tour since its more probable to make the money to pay their debt back, then they can start collecting money from CD sales. It's a rip off but bands are slaves to the marketing system the labels have. Myspace almost killed this business model, but Facebook took over in popularity and we're back to square one.

 

[rising_tied]

To the motherfucker asking me stupid questions: If knew the shit was posted and talked about I wouldnt have posted it. I read the shit on msnbc the day i posted this. The one u speak of was a Itunes sales calculator i believe

Dumbass, I was just asking if you happend to get this information off a different board. I didnt think anyone here belonged to that message board so I asked. Damn gettin all E-defensive for no apparent reason. The one I was speaking of was the chart that Zero posted