Best way to support musicians without sending a penny to the RIAA?

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: LethalWolfe
EDIT: Bulldozer, you also have to take into account the expenses of putting on a tour. Just the basics like paychecks, food, transportation, and housing for the crew for months on end isn't cheap and that's just the tip of the iceburg.

Ah, check this out, the full version of the article I posted above. Go to the bottom of this Forbes article for sample tour expenses for a hypothetical, mid-level act.

 

[idNut]

Man, fvck the RIAA.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: Soccer55

Originally posted by: LethalWolfe

Originally posted by: fatbaby

Originally posted by: Crazymofo
concerts are the only way...

The venues make the most off the concerts. They are mainly to promote the cd's.

CD costs like what, $.05 to make, sell for $19.99.

A CD blank might cost that much but yer not paying $19.99 for a CD blank(and if you pay that much for a CD you need to shop around more). You are paying for the music on the disc. To put the music on the disc, replicate them and distribute them across America isn't cheap. Band members, insturements, recording studio (physical building/room the studio is in), audio equipment, computer harware/software, engineers to keep it all running, a producer (possible cost), someone to master the album (and all associated costs related to this), someone to create the album art and bookley layout, etc.,. You ever looked in back of the a CD booklet and seen all the people/studio's involved in createing that album?
And the venues are the last people to see profit from concerts. A typical example is the venue promoter pays the band X amount of money to come play at their venue. The venue then calculates how many people will attend and sets the ticket price accordingly. If ticket sales don't hit their mark the venue takes a loss for the concert.


Lethal

EDIT: Bulldozer, you also have to take into account the expenses of putting on a tour. Just the basics like paychecks, food, transportation, and housing for the crew for months on end isn't cheap and that's just the tip of the iceburg.

Here is a good article by Courtney Love about the costs associated with recording a CD. I know it's from 2000 and probably everyone has read it already, but I think it's a good thing to see that at least some of the artists realize how ridiculous the RIAA is and that there is a need for change. I don't mind paying $15 for a CD as long as the artist is actually going to see a good portion of that money. When I buy a CD, I'm buying the CD to support the artist because I like their music.....not a greedy organization like the RIAA that just wants to profit off of other people's work.

-Tom

I only had a chance to skim the article but it seems like a really good read that I'll have to come back to later. Thanx for the link.


Lethal

 

[Soccer55]

Originally posted by: LethalWolfe

Originally posted by: Soccer55

Originally posted by: LethalWolfe

Originally posted by: fatbaby

Originally posted by: Crazymofo
concerts are the only way...

The venues make the most off the concerts. They are mainly to promote the cd's.

CD costs like what, $.05 to make, sell for $19.99.

A CD blank might cost that much but yer not paying $19.99 for a CD blank(and if you pay that much for a CD you need to shop around more). You are paying for the music on the disc. To put the music on the disc, replicate them and distribute them across America isn't cheap. Band members, insturements, recording studio (physical building/room the studio is in), audio equipment, computer harware/software, engineers to keep it all running, a producer (possible cost), someone to master the album (and all associated costs related to this), someone to create the album art and bookley layout, etc.,. You ever looked in back of the a CD booklet and seen all the people/studio's involved in createing that album?
And the venues are the last people to see profit from concerts. A typical example is the venue promoter pays the band X amount of money to come play at their venue. The venue then calculates how many people will attend and sets the ticket price accordingly. If ticket sales don't hit their mark the venue takes a loss for the concert.


Lethal

EDIT: Bulldozer, you also have to take into account the expenses of putting on a tour. Just the basics like paychecks, food, transportation, and housing for the crew for months on end isn't cheap and that's just the tip of the iceburg.

Here is a good article by Courtney Love about the costs associated with recording a CD. I know it's from 2000 and probably everyone has read it already, but I think it's a good thing to see that at least some of the artists realize how ridiculous the RIAA is and that there is a need for change. I don't mind paying $15 for a CD as long as the artist is actually going to see a good portion of that money. When I buy a CD, I'm buying the CD to support the artist because I like their music.....not a greedy organization like the RIAA that just wants to profit off of other people's work.

-Tom

I only had a chance to skim the article but it seems like a really good read that I'll have to come back to later. Thanx for the link.


Lethal

No problem. I thought it was a great article even though I don't particularly care for Courtney Love.

-Tom

 

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