[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by kasperl
14 quid for a CD in the UK? if i got the exchange rate right, that's about 20-25 euro's, right?

and once again, how much of that cash goes to the artist?

20 € per CD, about 0.20 € goes to the artist.

Reason why nobody should buy music CDs.

[Janos]

Originally posted by Rictor
teh funnay

What, that 404?

[Liberator]

Don't know how many know this, but the RIAA is being sued

And she's absolutely right, they are behaving like a bunch of Capone era gangsters.

Complete with thugs.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
20 € per CD, about 0.20 € goes to the artist.

Reason why nobody should buy music CDs.

Does anyone know the percentages on band T-shirts etc. It sounds like a better deal to support the band by buying that sort of stuff instead since I'd imagine the band themselves make a higher profit on them.

[01010]

Originally posted by karajorma


Does anyone know the percentages on band T-shirts etc. It sounds like a better deal to support the band by buying that sort of stuff instead since I'd imagine the band themselves make a higher profit on them.

Most bands make money from playing gigs and merchandise, merchandise almost entirely goes to the band which is why I'll always buy official merchandise over buying a CD. Not that I don't buy CD's however, I just don't feel that the artist gets enough money from it.

[Flipside]

LOL The best part was the RIAA wanted 'permission' to write a 'bomb' program which would lock up your computer for up to a couple of hours and crash it, whilst displaying a message about how naughty you are for downloading pirate stuff. And complained when no-one would listen to the idea!

Just who in the hell do these people think they are? I'd love to see the first lawsuit for loss of data for that one!

[Corhellion]

(Spock) IF I were human...I believe I'd say..."Go to hell."...If I were human.(/Spock)

ugh...the RIAA will DIAF...good ridance to the SOBs, long live P2P sharing!...even though I don't have any...they went bye bye in the HD crash...
the RIAA is turning into the M$ of the music industry...it's sad...and pathetic...and a ****ing waste of their time and our time.

Cor

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I thought acronyms were meant to make things easier to read...

[an0n]

FOADIAF.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

**** off and die in a field?

[Flipside]

For Over A Decade I Am Furious?

[an0n]

For Orgasm And Death I Anally Fist.

[Flipside]

[an0n]

Oh and the 'artists' get a massive 'advanced payment' (usually around £1mil) to cover their living expenses, but then the label tells them they also have to use it to pay for all the champagne (£2k/bottle) and parties (£100k+) associated with a single launch. As such, this 'advance' typically runs out in about a week and must be paid back in it's entirety from their 5% sales income before the artists starts seeing any returns.

[Flipside]

Yes, my band got the offer of Managership from the bloke who managed E17, but we turned it down, since fortunately I knew that while their single was at number 1, they were living on less money per week than I earned.
Oh yes, and of course the fact that E17 suck, big time

[an0n]

If you need webspace to whore yourself out from, I can provide it for a 95% cut of your income for the rest of your life.

[Flipside]

hehehe, I see you've met him.

Alas, I stopped playing guitar ages ago, work etc is the ultimate life-destroyer, and I was completely pissed off with the recording industry, who only seem to want to take a risk if it's a certainty.

That's the problem I suppose, I've been involved with these companies that are supposedly suffering, and I know some of the tricks they use, believe me, they have no qualms whatsoever about ripping off the copyrights of unsigned artists.

[an0n]

Set yourself up a nifty little web-site with some of yer better songs on, pimp the living **** out of it and be an independant.

Buy yourself a suit, make appointments to meet some of the big players at as many radio-stations as you can find and blag your way to getting air-play. Pretend your some big-time manager and you've got this awesome band who're about to.....yada yada yada.

That way you start to get a name for yourself and can start selling CD's off the site.

Then you do the same thing with stores until you've got enough of an underground following and cash-flow to start getting some real CD's stamped out at a factory instead of using your 'puter.

Play loads of gigs, even for ****ty money and whore your CD's afterwards.

You'll be sleeping with Pink and partying with Metallica before you can say "I'm a corporate whore".

[Zeronet]

Costs me a tenner from musiczone, HMW costs bucketloads.