> But how much do you personally pay for the artists' products per month All in all, entertainment budget is a good amount actually. For the sake of the argum

> But how much do you personally pay for the artists' products per month All in all, entertainment budget is a good amount actually. For the sake of the argument, it’s easier to set the time frame 30 years back, and talk about CDs and books we were buying. Record companies made decent money, publishers as well. People massively payed for physical distribution, there was only crappy workarounds. But most of that money didn’t go to artists, most of them were still working side jobs, while middlemen thrived. How different is it now ? I actually think it’s slightly better these days, but the biggest slice of the pie still go to middlemen who protect their position to keep the markets captive.