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Posted by VaNFeCto on Sep-28-2003 16:41:

Whose Richer?

I heard from a friend that BT actually has more money than Paul Oakenfold. Now I previously thought that on the money list Oakey rules supreme, but his contention was that Bt does more movie soundtracks and scores and his album sales are a lot higher, so I was just really wondering is this true?


Posted by Dmatrox on Sep-28-2003 17:10:

i think oakenfold makes more. my guess: he plays more gigs that BT, has more CDS than BT


Posted by torontotrance on Sep-28-2003 17:45:

I would imagine fatboyslim is richer than both of them....from all the money he made.....and moby I would imagine has made the most money because of all the commercials licensing his tracks.


Posted by VaNFeCto on Sep-28-2003 17:51:

Thas a very good point Moby does A LOT of commercial stuff.


Posted by torontotrance on Sep-28-2003 17:58:

Almost every track off play....was licensed for something at some point...for a commercial. Then again, moby probably gives away lots of his money to charities anyway....then he did the same thing with 18.....love him or hate him....he certainly made a fortune with the adverts....that's what got dirty vegas big...all from one commercial. That's why tiesto and paul van dyk have got into the commercial business....and companies made so much money from them....mitsibishi is one....who has done well..using breathe by telepopmusik and dirty vegas....they have increased sales a lot. Also they realize the dance music scene is growing and certain songs for artists...can get the artists what they don't have....a wider market. Plus everywhere the ad is....the song is....does not hurt the sales.


Posted by arj1o1 on Sep-28-2003 18:04:

have you ever seen mobys house
he doesnt spend any of his money in it, he lives very sober
so he must have all his money on a bank account


Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-28-2003 18:05:

My favourite artist makes more money than yours. Ner ner ner ner.


Posted by Wretched on Sep-28-2003 18:53:

quote:
Originally posted by torontotrance
Almost every track off play....was licensed for something at some point...for a commercial. Then again, moby probably gives away lots of his money to charities anyway....then he did the same thing with 18.....love him or hate him....he certainly made a fortune with the adverts....that's what got dirty vegas big...all from one commercial. That's why tiesto and paul van dyk have got into the commercial business....and companies made so much money from them....mitsibishi is one....who has done well..using breathe by telepopmusik and dirty vegas....they have increased sales a lot. Also they realize the dance music scene is growing and certain songs for artists...can get the artists what they don't have....a wider market. Plus everywhere the ad is....the song is....does not hurt the sales.


the...ellipses...you...put...in...place...of...commas...are...really...fucking...annoying...please...stop


Posted by Linx_da_cat on Sep-28-2003 18:59:

moby said himself that the tracks he produced for the album "play" was meant for commercial licensing from the very start.


Posted by Steven Hays on Sep-28-2003 19:08:

Oakey no doubt has more money than BT. Reason's why:

(in no particular order)

1. He has to be undoubtedly the most known DJ in the World.
2. He brings in about 50 grand USD a gig, usually 2-3 hours.
3. He plays out at least 100 gigs a year, prolly more, just guessing.
4. He does do Movie Soundtracks, ie: Swordfish, Planet of the Apes.
5. He does commercial soundtracks.
6. He runs his own Record label.
7. He's sold millions of mix comilations, and his Perfecto Presents Anther World was the highest grossing Dance compilation ever back in 2000.
8. He produces and releases his own music.
9. He's also under Madonna's label "Maverick" which he makes even more money.
...there are more, but I can't think of any ATM.

BT does not even compare to Oakey's grossing. Sure he produces N'Sync and Britney tracks, but thats only a small piece of the pie. Oakey by far, by faaaaaaaar, is more rich than BT. Just my opinion.

peace.

Steve


Posted by Djeebie on Sep-28-2003 19:18:

Junkie XL could've made a fortune if he had profited from the sales of his remix of Elvis Presley. The only money he got though (and the only money he wanted) was for the remix itself, which was approximately some five or six thousand dollars.


Posted by torontotrance on Sep-28-2003 19:49:

Bunkka lost a lot of money for oakenfold tho.

BT made a fortune from the sales of n'sync and other things. Last I checked, neither Paul Oakenfold or BT or Moby needed MONEY or were hurting for cash. All are multi millionaires with more money than they need..


Posted by Floorfiller on Sep-28-2003 20:25:

yeah

TTA hit it one the head. they're all rich as hell...who cares who makes more. but for the topics sake my ideas hehehe...

whoever said Moby and Fatboy Slim make the most gotta agree. they sell sooooo many albums. i mean these guys appeal to a number of different markets and thats the key to their success.

i bet oakie makes more than bt just because of (as someone mentioned) the number of shows he does compared to bt. they probably compare pretty closely in record sales although oak has put out more records which once again gives him a slight advantage.

of course...you know tiesto is making a ton of money doing his shows too hehhee. he probably is making the most a year off of shows even if he doesn't make the most per show...


Posted by diffusion on Sep-28-2003 21:04:

But really, so what? They're probably quite rich, are you?


Posted by hooknife on Sep-29-2003 12:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Evan Almae
Oakey no doubt has more money than BT. Reason's why:

(in no particular order)

1. He has to be undoubtedly the most known DJ in the World.
2. He brings in about 50 grand USD a gig, usually 2-3 hours.
3. He plays out at least 100 gigs a year, prolly more, just guessing.
4. He does do Movie Soundtracks, ie: Swordfish, Planet of the Apes.
5. He does commercial soundtracks.
6. He runs his own Record label.
7. He's sold millions of mix comilations, and his Perfecto Presents Anther World was the highest grossing Dance compilation ever back in 2000.
8. He produces and releases his own music.
9. He's also under Madonna's label "Maverick" which he makes even more money.
...there are more, but I can't think of any ATM.

BT does not even compare to Oakey's grossing. Sure he produces N'Sync and Britney tracks, but thats only a small piece of the pie. Oakey by far, by faaaaaaaar, is more rich than BT. Just my opinion.

peace.

Steve



Thanks for your thoughts but you are wrong on many points, I'm not saying Oakenfold makes less then BT I'm just adding my thoughts. First thing is he does not make $50,000.00 a show, he makes more in the range 8,000 - 12,000 not including New Years eve where he could gross that kinda of money on one show. Second, he does more scores for movies then Oakenfold. If you listen to all the really big electronic music producers they all want to do scores for movies not only because it challenges their music making ability but also it pays BIG.


Posted by Ste on Sep-29-2003 14:10:

oakey spent his fortune on cocaine thats why,


Posted by torontotrance on Sep-29-2003 14:12:

ROFLMAO!


Posted by monoxide on Sep-29-2003 14:43:

Re: Whose Richer?

quote:
Originally posted by VaNFeCto
I heard from a friend that BT actually has more money than Paul Oakenfold. Now I previously thought that on the money list Oakey rules supreme, but his contention was that Bt does more movie soundtracks and scores and his album sales are a lot higher, so I was just really wondering is this true?


and you have nothing to do, but count everybody's money...



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