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I don't think this subthread is any use when you're just speaking of "musicians" at large being able to pay their rent. You can't put Rammstein in the same lea
by lucb1e 6y ago
I don't think this subthread is any use when you're just speaking of "musicians" at large being able to pay their rent.
You can't put Rammstein in the same league as my friend who would like to make a living in music but realizes that it's unlikely he'll ever make pay-the-rent kind of money from that, simply due to the sheer volume of competition and luck involved (while their music is as good as any song I've heard in the genre, it's a combination of reaching the right people and stumbling upon better ideas than your competition, which both have a significant luck factor). The former can do what they want and still get that private jet, the latter has to "spend their time riding a perpetual wave that they have to continually feed" and likely still couldn't pay the rent. That spectrum is way too broad to generalize into "musicians".
- alexilliamson 6y agoI'd just like to take a second to appreciate that your example of a band with money is Rammstein. Rock on!
- apocalyptic0n3 6y agoUnrelated to the topic at hand, but I've always been curious how much it costs Rammstein to do their shows. Their most recent tour took ~60 hours per stop to set up the stage and equipment brought in by a convoy of 18 wheelers. Then they have a bunch of complicated pyrotechnics, crazy amounts of lights, costumes, props, gigantic screens, and they perform in the largest venues available. The amount of resources and people it requires is staggering to me.
- lucb1e 6y agoThey were the only ones where I was reasonably sure they are popular enough that shows are hard to get tickets for. Other mainstream bands that come to mind, I would have no idea if I know the name because they had 1 popular song five summers ago or if they are really big. I'm not even that big a fan of Rammstein, just a few of their songs I like :)