There are quite of few of the following numbers that I have a problem with, most notably the album download and retail CD figures (they're lower than they should be), but the general gist of the graphic is correct, which is that you have to sell a massive amount of digital product for it to amount to anything.
Keep in mind that most artists make their income from a combination of all the categories on the chart, so the end result is not quite as dire as the graphic makes it seem.
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2 comments:
And with your average band consisting of four members, you'd have to produce four times the above results so everyone involved could make minimum wage. Great info, thanks for posting this!
They forgot to list the self released album download for some reason. That is our primary source of recorded revenue.
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