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- monkeyshine0
'"Here's is a question, how much of the total cost of purchasing a CD goes to the artist. "
Of course it depends on how big the artist is and what kind of deal they have but for the most part close to $0. Most artists still make their money from touring. They even have to buy their own CDs back from the label to sell as merch.
But to whoever said they want to support the artist rather than the label...you have to remember that the artist signed a contract with said evil label in the first place with the hopes of being successful.
- ukit0
The argument of record companies being greedy is kind of irrelevant because, let's face it, nothing's cheaper than free. If CDs were $10, I'm still not sure people would get off their ass and go to the record store when they can just download the shit on Soulseek or bittorrent.
- joyride0
Don't forget that with a cd you can resell it when you're done. That ave. is now gone with mp3's. I wonder how much the used CD market used to make.
- TResudek0
Joyride - the answer to your question about how much money from record sales goes to the artist is none. Artists have to sell at least 750000 copies before "recouping" with a major label and at that point more costs are introduced. All but a handful of modern day artists have never seen one penny from CD royalties.
Does that make stealing the album right? Probably not. Major labels put up a lot of money and resources to make an album and promote and artist and up to now they have been expecting to make money from CD sales. If they stop getting their $, then they stop promoting bands, sign fewer bands, and they start looking for other ways to get paid. Bands have lived off touring and merchandise, which until very recently does not have any money shared with labels. Now new labels like FBR are changing that - as a result of declining CD sales. THUS.... the band loses out on their revenue stream.
So, in a roundabout way stealing music IS effecting the bottom line of bands.
Ultimately the industry will drastically change and things will go back to normal (I hope) but just know that cheapskates that steal music are the reason why bands are broke.
- joyride0
I'm not trying to say stealing is right or wrong, we all know it's wrong. my points are that the system is messed up. But the bands are still enabling the system. Bands are an investment for the record company, they are looking for ROI. As soon as bands start changing that, doing something other then the norm, this broken system will keep on going. I don't have a solution, but I think there is a great opportunity for someone to develop a new way that puts the artist first. Which at the end of the day, all fans and bands want. But, I think it's going to take already successful bands to NOT sign that next contract with major labels, to start this.
Radiohead is a start, and I will support there effort and buy the album. Viva la Revolucion!