You have a flawed look for pro artists..

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Free music will NEVER be the model for working musicians. It will only work for youngsters who have nothing to lose, low overheard and cheap/crappy production values. Just because you CAN produce an album with GarageBand, doesn’t mean it will sound great. If you want to record in a real studio with real equipment and have a real PRO (i.e., somebody with fantastic ears and skills who’s been recording, mixing and mastering for decades) work on your project, you’ll be spending $10k minimum. But it will probably be more like $15k to $40k.

You well know most musicians make their money by playing live. Not by selling vinyl or CDs. They make their name by playing live or these days on youtube or on the internet somewhere. Musicians are making more money playing live these days than they ever did. We’ve seen the charts of the music industry income.
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Actually the RIAA have made a multibillion dollar industry from selling cds.. Do you care to list where these so called industry charts are.. Most top artists haven’t played a so called live show in atleast a year (if not many more).. This includes charity events and the such.. The goal of the riaa is to preserve their income via physical sales.. They aren’t sending artists out on tours even today where they stand to gain more profits..

Regarding your first paragraph although it may be true kids have nothing to lose the industry doesn’t pay a professional 10k to record and mix.. Add a few extra zeros onto the end first.. The industry seems to think they can live in their old model..

The bottom line is the cost of production is almost next to nothing these days for an amateur or a pro.. Yes you can thank Apple for that.. Indie bands stand to gain way more sharing music then pros.. Pros only see dollar signs at this point.. They don’t care about the music.. Hence the indie artists turn to BT and gain monumental amounts of exposure.. This activity alone could turn millions of people away from the top 40 and onto indie bands which would decimate the top artists income anyways.. Seems like a whole lot of complaining from the RIAA Mafiaa..

In those days you could see a top band for about £3=4.00, now tickets cost £50, 60 70

Theyre making money from both. And they get pre=release money on top of royalties, money each time a track is played on radio

Still doesn’t mean you have any right to obtain content for nothing, when other people legitimately pay to obtain music.

Peace

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How is that possible? I am paying ten times the amount for a concert ticket now! Where is all the money going then?

I’ve gotten a few hundred downloads of my music today by this article. I wonder how much it would have cost me in marketing to get 100 people to download my music from iTunes. I probably would have lost money because the cost of advertising/marketing would not match the amount of music sales. Carri, you might be able to shed some light on this as it is your expertise. Also, ticket sales are not the only aspect of live gigs. Merchandise is very prevalent and profitable with every live gig.