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Artists generally don't make money off CD sales anyway, record labels do. This is often repeated but I've never seen a link to the source. Are there statistics
by menloparkbum 17y ago
Artists generally don't make money off CD sales anyway, record labels do.
This is often repeated but I've never seen a link to the source. Are there statistics somewhere that show this is true?
- noelchurchill 17y agoHere is an article from 2000 written by Courtney Love (outlandish woman, i know, but has lots of experience) and she outlines what musicians actually get out of working with a record label. http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/print.html http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/print....
- jonursenbach 17y agoTrent Reznor said he was making 80cents/sale. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/04/trent-reznor-wa/ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/04/trent-reznor-wa/
- fatdog789 17y agoAt several million copies sold, that comes out to quite a bit.
- jonursenbach 17y agoNot really. Reznor profit: 1,000,000 * .80 = 800,000 RIAA profit: 1,000,000 * 18.98 = 18,980,000 4% profit. Fucking chump change to them; and not to mention that _they_ own your music, _not_ you.
- fatdog789 17y agoAt several million copies sold, that comes out to quite a bit.