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RE: The ideal music industry

Comment comment by scottb on 02 October 2007

This, to me, should be the way musicians make their money

Actually, that is the way musicians make their money - well, what money they actually make. Check out this transcript of a speech Courtney Love gave to the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference in 2000. She goes through the numbers.

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RE: The ideal music industry by ldsudduth :: NR6

She goes through the numbers.

It's a crappie (fishy?) situation any way you slice it. The only musicians making any real money are the ones who own their record labels or have studios in their homes. Some muscians have enough clout so that the Record Label doesn't own their songs, but they are few and far between.

Digital music isn't any better either--check this which includes a comment by Wierd Al Yankovic. Apple takes roughly 20-35% for themselves, and gives the rest to the label. Further down, the article cites the Allman Brothers lawsuit; it looks like the artist may only get a measly 4%. Fans buying songs by CD might actually allow the artist to get paid more.

As to the payola in the Radio market; it's always existed..it just changed forms.

Although..I'd like to see statistics drawn up by Christian Artists...maybe I'll dig for that later tonite--makes me wonder if the Christian labels are more just.

  • sigh*...that's why I listen to talk am talk radio.
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