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Speaking as an upcoming artist, there is not much money circulating around. How much you make soley depends on how many copies you sell, but high selling records are becoming a rarity. Last big record I can think of was As The Rush Comes, which sold some 13,000 copies. The average track sells between 800 and 1000 on any given label. Some exceed that, some go bellow that. In most cases, 800 sold copies will leave barely any profit left, much of that is consumed by the costs (artwork, vinyls, white labels, mastering). How much the artist gets in the end also depends on what kind of a deal he has arranged with the label.
Compilations do not yeild the money they did in the past, when sales would exceed well over 100,000, even millions. Now a 'successful' compilation is one that can sell 20,000, 30,000 copies. The money is also not that great, and it comes 1-2 years after, so don't expect instant riches by any means.
The only viable source of revenue the artist can hope for is a remix job from a commercial label, those pay the most, your average Lost Language, ASOT, Blackhole remix deal will get you 500-1000 Euros nowadays, if you are lucky.
If you got into this industry hoping to make some money, sorry to break it to you, but there is none to be made. If you want to make heaps of money, start producing hip hop beats, and who knows, you just may be the next Timbaland, charging 250k per beat.
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