Why do musicians say the music industry rips them off when...?!
Question:
Why do musicians say the music industry rips them off when...?
A CD costs the shop £6 from music company but they sell it for £12. The £6 is devided between the record company, the band, the producers, label,Engineers, Packaging artwork etc etc. all the rest goes to the retailer. If the retailer is the same as the label(eg.Virgin records) they take most of the profit. If the wholesaler is different to the retailer, the retailer get half of the profit and the rest gets divided up.
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Yes the artists royalties is probably too small record sales, plus they are forced to work hard and tour to promote the record..alas, there in lies another dilemma, if they tour efficiently? The band can make of 50% of their money doing that, but If they live in excess as they tour and don't make anything, because they partied through the whole tour, then they only have the record sales and those are the ones that say they are being ripped off.. Led Zeppelin did that, they did not make anything touring and went in the negative most of the time...except for "John Paul Jones" who traveled seperately from the band, was married and arrived and performed every show and did not squander his share! He may still be the richest former member of "Led Zeppelin" and did'nt have to have a solo career afterwards!
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