Music Banter - View Single Post - Do you prefer downloading over buying? Why

Sound Devastation · 10-12-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

Bands make very little from album sales. Everyone knows that. And everyone knows that most bands' earnings come from touring.

If the band are big, they will make ALL their money from their record deal. not royalties, a lump sum. Merch sold at gigs is often owned by the record label or the band have to buy copies of their own CD (for a low price obviously) to sell on tour. Whether you buy the CD or not will only affect possible deals/income in the future.

Small bands dont make money from gigs either. They usually cover petrol money and if they sell enough t-shirts they might be able to cover the cost of getting them made (t-shirts cost more/unit than CDs and are therefore slowed to cover financially). Obviously if the band get a bigger fanbase their profit per gig will go up, but that doesnt compare to the profit they'd make if every fan at that gig bought a copy of their CD.