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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
The pie chart is distorted on an overall perspective true, artists often get better deals 2nd time round when they have had success and the gamble is less for the record company. But the image is not far off the truth for the lesser known artists who dont have past success.
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You kinda killed your own point off when you used 'gamble'. If the record company is gambling their money why can't they get some reward on it? It would be interesting to see a similar chart showing how much the record companies invest in the acts and how many acts they actually see a profit on.
I would speculate the chart to be a long way off the truth unless you are seriously suggesting that agents and managers, whose payment is on a commission basis, are between them managing to eat 90%+ of a group's money.
Any group paying their manager and agent that much have some serious issues.
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Originally Posted by Angua
As for the cost of single tracks being 50p, I can remember buying a whole album for 50p  |
Teehee.
Adjust that price for
inflation or perhaps more accurately the
consumer price index, compare it to equivalent albums now, and get back to me
I can pick up an album for not that much more than 50p from the bargain bin, doesn't really prove much.
As a general hint taking inflation, etc, into account a shiny new release album would cost a fair bit more than 15 quid now.