o00o Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Quote The Balance Sheet: This is how much each player got paid at the end of the game. Record company: 710,000 Producer: 90,000 Manager: 51,000 Studio: 52,500 Previous label: 50,000 Agent: 7,500 Lawyer: 12,000 Band member net income each: $4,031.25 The band is now ¼th of the way through its contract, has made the music industry more than 3 million dollars richer, but is in the hole $14,000 on royalties. The band members have each earned about one third as much as they would working at a 7-11, but they got to ride in a tour bus for a month. The next album will be about the same, except that the record company will insist they spend more time and money on it. Since the previous one never "recouped," the band will have no leverage, and will oblige. The next tour will be about the same, except the merchandising advance will have already been paid, and the band, strangely enough, won't have earned any royalties from their T-shirts yet. Maybe the T-shirt guys have figured out how to count money like record company guys. Some of your friends are probably already this fucked. http://www.petdance.com/actionpark/albini/...with-music.html what is your opinion about this? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide o00o's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28916-the-problem-with-music/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten fingers ten toes Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I read that a long time ago and it's why I hate the major's Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ten fingers ten toes's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28916-the-problem-with-music/#findComment-611627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 this is your destination when you make a jerk out of yourself at the casting shows or dedicate you live to commercial music production it made me see these shows at tv in a different light and shows that they loose even more when they win the record deal after making a fool of them before Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide o00o's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28916-the-problem-with-music/#findComment-611630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten fingers ten toes Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Oh yah, I'm sure the American Idol type contracts are even worse than your average ones. Only the absolutely top drawing artists (who usually aren't even artists anymore anyway, just performing parrots who sing and dance to someone elses songs), will get really rich, and it's all off of merchandising, endorsements, TV appearances, etc, and not off of their actual "profession". If you are a marginal star you're most likely going to flame out and lose money. Such bullshit. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ten fingers ten toes's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28916-the-problem-with-music/#findComment-611633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 i either post my trax for free or keep them to myself if a label is like HAY, WANT SIGN? and isn't a jerk about contracts i'd go for it... but honestly i don't harbor much hope of ever seeing a dime from my musics Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28916-the-problem-with-music/#findComment-611663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnio Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) asdf, nothing. Edited December 8, 2007 by qnio Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28916-the-problem-with-music/#findComment-611692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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