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Originally Posted by gideongallery
or she could just repeat the process with again next year with a new album
of course that assuming as your doing that she sit on her ass for the remaining 11 months, instead of leveraging the new/existing fan base to make money from touring.
except that the signed recording artist needs to sell 7,000,000 dollars of albums to make that level given the current contracts.
and it no where close to the biggest it just happens to be one that fits the model i talked about
btw the short career issue is not as much of a problem for these "internet artist" because they don't have to sell so much shit to make the money they do. |
As I said above it all depends on what your definition of success is. If making enough money to survive and pay your bills is success then she has a shot at it. If success means making millions and having a long lasting career then the odds are against her.
According to your chart she will need to spend about 50% of her time doing live shows. That means traveling and being away from home for long periods of time. How much money would you personally need to make in order to justify being on the road away from your friends and family for 6 months out of the year? Hell, depending on the size of the crowd she might have to be on the road 10 months out of the year to make decent money. It is a life that gets old fast. Most bands I saw break up did so because the grind of going out to play live and promote themselves broke them down.
As I said before she seems to be in a position to make some money, but unless she gets lucky and is one of the few who strikes it big she will have to repeat this model over and over again and again year in and year out. How many good albums does she have in her? how long can she keep on the road 6 months out of the year before she finally says fuck it and gets a different job? How long does she grind it out without big success before she throws in the towel and moves on?
I'm not making this an argument of record label VS internet artist. I am just pointing out that the odds are very much against her and it seems that you refuse to admit that.