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quoted 20 lines On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, richard wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, richard wrote: > > > The answer is YES, but that's the wrong question! Musicians work > hard to > > create the music and they need to eat too. Music gear is expensive. > > > Should you get paid for your job? > > > > The real question is should record labels make sooo much more money > off of > > music than the people actually creating it? > > > > > <snip> > > The cost breakdown of a typical CD is something like this: > > > > Musician = .25-.50 per CD > > Label = $7.50 per CD > > Distributor = $7-$10 per CD > >

actually by the way gang. an artist gets paid jack shit but its not usually quite as bad as the above..unless youve been royally fucked on your royalties. the average full length cd is roughly 15.99 (in most stores..of course it wavers here and there but for arguments sake lets say that this is the cost). the average royalty rate..even for someone freshly signed, is 12% at least...unless you get screwed...then maybe its less. that comes out to roughly $1.91 a cd. not .25 . vinyl im not so familiar with, however i know that in some cases..labels do a 50/50 split with the artist. in addition to that...although the field of publishing is a foggy mystery to me at best, i believe some countries pay publishing on every record sold. this may be totally wrong though so dont quote me on it.. as i said, publishing is a complete mystery to me and if theres anyone out there that really understands that shit then please enlighten me further. the bulk of the money goes to the distributors..they are the pigs usually..especially if they are even moderately big. everyone else gets a sizeably smaller chunk. eat your friends. chuck wagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org