Old read on how the music industry works.

[dennilfloss]

A little eye opener with dollar figures in a detailed example:

http://mitvma.mit.edu/~mhb/ALBINI.HTML

The article is from 1998 but I doubt things have changed much. Yes, some artists make tons of money but most of the money is still made by people surrounding the musicians, at least in the beginning.

 

[Pepsi90919]

perfect.