Musicians never make money from record sales unless they have multiple releases like JT. The studio eats almost all the revenue of the first couple of albums an

Musicians never make money from record sales unless they have multiple releases like JT. The studio eats almost all the revenue of the first couple of albums and the vast majority of artist income has always been merch, advertising and live shows. Thats why its important to just give away your music so you create a large fanbase that sells out tours. Bloodhound gang is a good example. They record everything on a laptop, give all the tracks away and sell out a tour for $3million plus a few mln in merch, which is pretty good when theres less middlemen to siphon the income. U2 made 700million last yr touring. None of their albums come close to that sales figure so they also give away songs to promote the real income of live shows