quoted 6 lines I don't care what happens to this excuse for a scene, or this list, because>I don't care what happens to this excuse for a scene, or this list, because
>I don't apparently fit very neatly into either of them, but I hate the idea
>of some of my favorite groups jumping at the chance to sell a song to VW or
>Microsoft because they are broke as shit because there is no forum for them
>to tour on, because the majority of their fans are at home, sitting on their
>fat asses watching Television.
while shielding my eyes from such obvious and willful indifference, i was
able to think for a moment. then i got confused: my first impression is
that <favorite group> wouldn't have to sell their song to an evil media
presence if they were popular enough not to have to "sell out" for a check
that big. unfortunately, i'm having trouble with the implication that
warp, ninja tune, or any other (irony alert) respectable label could (or
would want to get big enough to) support their artists to that degree. but
the label could if they had the bankrolls of major labels or media
companies, i suppose. which is fine, since the big-money music business is
okay where the big-money advertising world isn't.
does anybody know how many copies of an album (or collection of 12") --
with some typical token figure for royalty rate and advertising overhead
-- a band of two would have to sell to make a realistic yearly income
befitting their cultural importance...say US$35,000 apiece?
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