Money in the Music Business

paulbd writes: "Electronic Musician has a good article on the economics of selling music on CDs. Its a sobering read that gives some of the hard numbers that do a little to counter the sense of record companies being vultures. Recommended for anyone who seriously imagines making a living from selling music."

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If thats bad, then Microsoft is just pure evil

[t_allardyce]

Microsoft take the whole cut as theres no middle-man. Not only that, but they sell for $100 per unit and more. Their production costs can't be that high, and their idea of not printing manuals must save them a bit of cash. Not only that, but they can sell site licences aswell. And most people pay them for windows with out even realising it. If they were a record company, they would have about 10 artists, all of them super-stars (crappy boy-bands mostly). There would only be about 2 other record companies in the world. There would be stores dominated by rows of Microsoft label CDs selling for $100 a go.

Re:Insane recoding budgets == pimping the Artists

[The_Great_Satan]

"To give you an example: I listen to a lot of Heavy Metal. One of the more interesting bands I've come across over the past year or so has been "Children of Bodom" (for those who don't know them, they are a speed metal band from Finland and quite musically skilled; their live album puts most other bands to shame)."

May I recommend the Shizit to you? They're post-hardcore, not heavy metal, but plenty aggressive if you like it that way. Check them out at www.shizit.net

Re:Grrrrrr. Filters, and why my post is a link.

[Catbeller]

Wow. Fix it, take the time. Post it here. Pretty damned good.