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Originally Posted by DamianJ
Actually, he probably does. I imagine he got fucked royally on most of his record deals.
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Most musicians earn more from live appearances than from record royalties.
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Most bands certainly make more money from concerts (than album sales). Generally major label contracts only pay a small fraction of each CD, and there are many reductions taken from the artist's royalties. So unless your CD sells millions of units, you're not going to make much. For live performances, however, the artist keeps most of the money.
Basically this can be extended to the debate about pirating digital music: it's not going to kill the artist, it's only killing the record companies.
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