Gaming World Forums

General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: the_hoodie on December 02, 2007, 06:56:05 am

Title: Money Money
Post by: the_hoodie on December 02, 2007, 06:56:05 am

Me and a friend are having an argument over this.

How much money does the average band make off of touring? What about CD sales? How much percentage of the money from CD sales does a band get on average? I just need basic facts on the income of a band.

EDIT: I also need the same info about a record label.

Title: Money Money
Post by: Doktormartini on December 06, 2007, 05:22:15 pm

I dunno but this might help you a bit (did you already look at this?):
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos095.htm#earnings

Title: Money Money
Post by: thecatamites on December 31, 2007, 10:24:41 pm

You might find this useful... It's an article by Steve Albini (who is, incidentally, the man) about major record labels and why they suck. Halfway through you'll find a MASSIVE breakdown on pretty much all the profits and expenditures involved in a tour/new album... It's pretty sobering stuff...
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/albini.html