On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:37:54 -0400 Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > what an interesting claim. perhaps you explain to me how it is that > this is for sale at (typically) US$0.49 per track: > > http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/Global-Illage-Sushilove-Sessions-MP3-Download/12031810.html: > > and yet I'm still several thousand dollars in debt from the process > that led to its creation? It's interesting to me that while the process of music distribution is vastly different, the mechanics that screw over the musicians are still firmly entrenched. Steve Albini wrote this classic piece on how a band that sells a quarter-million albums can get boned: http://www.negativland.com/albini.html Nowadays you can sell much more directly, but that means you pay the costs directly, too. All that computer gear and the instruments have to get paid for somehow! On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:13 PM, alexander <axeldenstore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Imo it's absurd that you can charge 0,89€ for a locked down mp3 and get away > with it.. I mean, the profit margins are 100%.. or well, they start out at ~ > -99.999...% and rise, approaching 99.99999999999999...% the more people who > buy it. I believe that the most user-friendly sites (I've heard Amazon & iTunes referenced) give the artist ~70% of the take, while eMusic only gives the artist ~30%. So right off the bat, at *best* your direct profit is only around 70%, but what about the time it takes to make the music? What about the space and gear needed to create the music? Even if you're using 100% open source software that you haven't shelled out a nickel for and don't use any outboard gear at all, there's still an investment. I don't know too many people making money at music, and the ones who do aren't making a lot, I can tell you. -- ====================================================================== Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
