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Yes, there are orders of magnitude of scale in both fields. In software it can cost $10k to build an app but Google Search costs $10^10: a six orders of magnit

Yes, there are orders of magnitude of scale in both fields. In software it can cost $10k to build an app but Google Search costs $10^10: a six orders of magnitude difference. In music there’s got to be a big dynamic range in effort involved as well. (I doubt it’s 10^6 though!) But comparing the best music to the lowest end app is apples to oranges.

toohotatopic 6y ago
If you have an orchestra with 100 musicians who receive something like $10^5 per year, you pay $10^7 per year. You need several years to practice and to form the orchestra into a team with a repertoire. If it takes 10 years, then that is $10^8.
- URSpider94 6y ago
  Your numbers are grossly off here. I would bet that zero orchestra musicians are making anywhere close to $100k just from playing in an orchestra - the absolute top of the top might make that across all of their engagements. Most are making far, far less.
  - valvar 6y ago
    In good orchestras in the US and western Europe, $100k is actually fairly standard, perhaps even on the lower end. You need to be highly skilled, the competition is fierce, and the job is very demanding. I don't have a good source, but a quick Google search should confirm that $100k is not exactly wild.
  - ntsplnkv2 6y ago
    > I would bet that zero orchestra musicians That'd be a losing bet. https://www.pennlive.com/life/2016/10/highest_paid_orchestras.html https://www.pennlive.com/life/2016/10/highest_paid_orchestra...
- jessaustin 6y ago
  Presumably a well-paid professional orchestra could record more than one decent song a year, or at least one "every 3-4 years"?
- TylerE 6y ago
  No you don't. Orchestras come together and perform completely new works with, if they're LUCKY, 1 or 2 rehearsals. Years of practice is completely ludicrous.
user5994461 6y ago
This might approach 10^6 if you consider the largest band tours going around the world and filling stadiums with 50 000 people.
- tlbsofware 6y ago
  Don’t you mean 5 x 10^5 ? ;)
  - aurelianito 6y ago
    They just need to fill 10 stadiums and it's done. The Rolling Stones did this in Buenos Aires, for example.

toohotatopic 6y ago

If you have an orchestra with 100 musicians who receive something like $10^5 per year, you pay $10^7 per year. You need several years to practice and to form the orchestra into a team with a repertoire. If it takes 10 years, then that is $10^8.

URSpider94 6y ago
Your numbers are grossly off here. I would bet that zero orchestra musicians are making anywhere close to $100k just from playing in an orchestra - the absolute top of the top might make that across all of their engagements. Most are making far, far less.
- valvar 6y ago
  In good orchestras in the US and western Europe, $100k is actually fairly standard, perhaps even on the lower end. You need to be highly skilled, the competition is fierce, and the job is very demanding. I don't have a good source, but a quick Google search should confirm that $100k is not exactly wild.
- ntsplnkv2 6y ago
  > I would bet that zero orchestra musicians That'd be a losing bet. https://www.pennlive.com/life/2016/10/highest_paid_orchestras.html https://www.pennlive.com/life/2016/10/highest_paid_orchestra...
jessaustin 6y ago
Presumably a well-paid professional orchestra could record more than one decent song a year, or at least one "every 3-4 years"?
TylerE 6y ago
No you don't. Orchestras come together and perform completely new works with, if they're LUCKY, 1 or 2 rehearsals. Years of practice is completely ludicrous.

user5994461 6y ago

This might approach 10^6 if you consider the largest band tours going around the world and filling stadiums with 50 000 people.

tlbsofware 6y ago
Don’t you mean 5 x 10^5 ? ;)
- aurelianito 6y ago
  They just need to fill 10 stadiums and it's done. The Rolling Stones did this in Buenos Aires, for example.