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Re: tpb



 On Feb 4, 2008 6:37 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen 
<[hidden email]> wrote: 
> On Feb 4, 2008 11:49 AM, Ben Holland <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > Musicians get most if not all of their money from their live performances. 
> 
> I think Radiohead stated that self-distribution gave them more money 
> than ever.  Don't know how much that compares to live performances 
> though.  Typically, I heard it is about $1 per album sold goes to the 
> band, which is a very low amount indeed.  A great article on the music 
> industry and their extravagant spending is below.  It doesn't sound to 
> me like the record companies are being fair to the consumers with such 
> antics (passing costs on to paying customers)... 
> 


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