Quote: (05-22-2014 10:22 AM)soup Wrote:
Quote: (05-22-2014 10:10 AM)Parlay44 Wrote:
Concerts aren't getting cheaper. With all the downloading going in they have to make their money through ticket sales and merch.
Right now, the only solution is for musicians to ask for more money for live performances.
As the market for live music gets super saturated, competition will bring the prices down.
Musicians will have to go back to doing other things to support their craft.. prostitution, selling drugs, whatever..
Our culture will suffer unless things are re-organized.
Singers make 99% of their money from live performances. Right now making money from sales it's virtually impossible. I just got a royalty check for about 100k plays (youtube, spotify, etc.) and it was only $4.50.
That's the reason there's so much shitty music. Those with talent won't be the ones who will get the recognition, but those who have enough money to spend.
If I like an artist I try to buy their music. After all, making a song can take days, or even weeks. It's very sad how people these days don't value music or any type of art.
You would think paying a $40 ticket to see someone live it's expensive,, but again, you don't know how much money one has to spend to get to that level. I've seen artists who spend millions of dollars in their careers before seeing $1 back.