I was shocked by the way that the record companies control everything. And how the artists are exploited to make money for the company. First the copyright belongs to the record company, and then thre royalties have to be subtracted by this and that, and then the artists have to pay for the recording of the album, the video production costs, the promotional guy, the badnd, the crew members, the lawyers.....in the end they end up in red even though they sold millions. Totally shocking.
There was also a link on the Courtney Love's battle with the record company. I spent one hour reading the whole of her very long article. I was shocked. TLC made $175m for the record company and yet that get less than 2% of the earnings. Toni Braxton sold $188 million worth of CDs and yet she only gets 35 cents for each cd. That's truly evil!!!
So next time you shout: "go and buy the cd, support the artist', think hard who you are really supporting.
Nov-22-2003 16:49
Anno Domino
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: NYC: where people have sex for money
dude ocourse the evil company is gonna take money... think about all the artists that dont make it... someone gotta pay!!!
its a shame really everyone is just trying to be a leech
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This is true, I read somewhere that out of all record sales, artists make only about 2% (that's like 20 cents per $20 CD).
Nov-22-2003 20:27
DarkFall01
Fernando Alonso
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Zürich
Yeah, it's def. true, isn't that also one of the major reasons why artists open up their own labels?
Nov-22-2003 20:57
doof doofer
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Perth, AUS
quote:
Originally posted by Galapidate
This is true, I read somewhere that out of all record sales, artists make only about 2% (that's like 20 cents per $20 CD).
Back to school for you. $20 x 2% = 40c.
Nov-23-2003 12:35
ratz
lost in my mind
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: winnipeg, manitoba
i heard some where that sony muzic makes artists sing these insane record deals saying they have to come out with something like 20 to 50 albums... not sure of the exact number but its some insanely high number... and pearl jam "my all time favorite band" went against that by releasing live cds... they released something like 50 of there whole european and american tours in 2000/2001... something only obsessive fans would buy... but each 1 counts as a album
Nov-23-2003 13:02
ratz
lost in my mind
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: winnipeg, manitoba
smashing pumpkins did the same thing as well when they released there machina 2 album... they only released 12 copies on vinyl for around $10 and then set it up to d/l off the web... so that way they still did release a album lol... only that theres no profit to be made... good way to stick it to those corperate whores
Nov-23-2003 15:34
A.J.
Back from the dead
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Sydney
Let me ask you this question:
If you download a song that you would not have otherwise listened to or bought the CD, is it still classed as "immoral"??
What i mean, is, say there is this artist that i have never heard before and i just want to check out a couple of their tunes, is this still wrong ???
