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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
that's actually a fallacy, especially because almost all musicians make about 95% or their money from touring and concerts and t-shirt sales etc...
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No. They do *now* because everyone steals their shit. There *used* to be such a thing as a primarily studio band that would create very textured and detailed music that wasn't always transferrable to a live environ. Also, bands can lose incredible amounts of money touring when trying to break into a new country (as opposed to one-off festival slots). One quite successful band I know lost money on two US tours before the third one was profitable. Also a lot of bands sell their merch rights and don't get t-shirt revenue. Basically you steal music and you fuck the musician in the ass, no way around it. Everyone mentions Metallica or Lady Gaga as though they won't feel it, but 90% of people's 3,000,000 mp3 collections aren't making bank and will be working some day job again in 5 years.