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Not many musicians expect to make money from selling records. It used to be "do free shows to sell records". Now it's completely reversed to "do free records t
by locksley 12y ago
Not many musicians expect to make money from selling records.
It used to be "do free shows to sell records". Now it's completely reversed to "do free records to sell shows".
- paulrov 12y agoSorry you're completely wrong. Shows have always been the main income, the only people getting rich off records were record labels. Although artists SHOULD be able to make money off record sales, there is no real reason to have a record label anymore now that your work is infinitely duplicatable and no one has to foot the bill for the print run you can just sell it yourself.
- Tyrannosaurs 12y agoAnd that's actually been the industry's best response to it all - move the monetization to the thing you can't copy. My concern is for authors, game designers and others for whom there is no such substitution possible.
- chimeracoder 12y agoI don't know about the gaming industry, but most authors make the bulk of their income off of speaking gigs, book signings, readings, etc. Actually, most are unsuccessful and make their entire income off of a second job, but most successful authors make their income from the above.
- Tyrannosaurs 12y agoAre you sure? I know a friend who is a published, relatively successful author (makes a solid but not spectacular living from it) makes most of his money from the old fashioned business of selling actual books.