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I'm sorry, but if you can't survive, as a band, for 3 months by playing live gigs or temporarily getting a different job, then maybe....it was never meant to be

I'm sorry, but if you can't survive, as a band, for 3 months by playing live gigs or temporarily getting a different job, then maybe....it was never meant to be? Don't get me wrong, I don't want to listen to Taylor Swift and Jason Derulo all day long either, but if some indie band is so obscure and hip that it can't pay the bills for 3 months....I dunno....maybe they were never that good? No band deserves some kind of regular income. Nobody does, in our society. If I listen to your stuff for 3 months, for free, and like it, why would I stop after my trial expires? Heck, with a free trial, I'm more likely to discover your hip obscure super-cool indie band and more likely to support them later.

DanBC 11y ago
Most bands lose money on live gigs. At least this is true in the UK.
w4 11y ago
> I'm sorry, but if you can't survive, as a band, for 3 months by playing live gigs or temporarily getting a different job, then maybe....it was never meant to be? I specifically mentioned that as an option - hence why this is a much larger concern for labels than artists (though I'm sure it's a concern for artists as well). Also keep in mind that a live tour takes months to pull together. Apple hasn't given artists that sort of lead time. And all of that having been said: in what other industry is it normal to say, "Well, if you can't handle a full quarter of decimated revenues dropped on your head with weeks notice it was never meant to be"? Many SMBs couldn't weather that storm. That doesn't mean they're fundamentally broken.