| Author
|
Does chill out/downtempo artists making any money from music?
|
Sputer
IsraTrance Senior Member
Started Topics :
315
Posts :
2709
Posted : Oct 20, 2009 14:19:41
|
?
  ..."Be yourself, let your conscience guide you...
Follow your heart, not the people around you"... |
|
|
|
Lauge
Lauge
Started Topics :
69
Posts :
581
Posted : Oct 20, 2009 15:31
|
|
Yestegan chaY
Yestegan Chay
Started Topics :
4
Posts :
91
Posted : Oct 20, 2009 17:43
|
|
TechMonkey
IsraTrance Junior Member
Started Topics :
41
Posts :
985
Posted : Oct 20, 2009 22:11
|
Considering that my bank account is constantly hemorrhaging in my efforts to acquire new music, they damned well should be!  |
|
|
|
Dopese
IsraTrance Junior Member
Started Topics :
29
Posts :
298
Posted : Oct 20, 2009 22:32
|
It seems that even the big names don't make enough money.
Here's a quote from the promotional section(http://forum.isratrance.com/twisted-label-needs-your-help/), quoted from the twisted website forum  :
"We are teetering on bankruptcy, and are seeking deals elsewhere…. the 12 loyal fans on this forum are not enough to sustain a record label…. How much do you think Twisted has in the bank account? Have a guess? More than $10,000 ? More than $20,000 ? Well it is actually less than $1,000….. Raj and i haven’t even been paid our advance for this album…. All the artists on twisted are seeking deals with other labels now… We can’t pay a label manager, and we can’t pay the artists…. always putting our hope in ‘just ONE more release’.... “We’ll be ok if the DVD sells”....“Surely the Shpongle CD will sell, right?”
So when even the biggest names in this genre (ok, twisted is not only chill out) don't get enough money out of it, then who will?
On the other side, I think that Simon, Benji, Raja Ram etc. are able to make a living from their live acts and djing as far as I can estimate that.
Maybe the chances are bigger to earn money with that then selling the music?
http://my.opera.com/Dopese/ |
|
|
|
iTranscendence
IsraTrance Junior Member
Started Topics :
14
Posts :
386
Posted : Oct 20, 2009 22:54
|
|
You have to get creative these days with ways to cut label overhead.
blip.fm/itranscendence |
|
|
|
Lauge
Lauge
Started Topics :
69
Posts :
581
Posted : Oct 21, 2009 07:12
|
|
Sputer
IsraTrance Senior Member
Started Topics :
315
Posts :
2709
Posted : Oct 21, 2009 14:50
|
Quote:
|
On 2009-10-21 07:12, Lauge wrote:
I actually don't care about making money from music 
|
|
well I think gettin money from something u love {music} is the key to -almost- perfect life
..."Be yourself, let your conscience guide you...
Follow your heart, not the people around you"... |
|
|
|
Buttercup
IsraTrance Junior Member
Started Topics :
19
Posts :
189
Posted : Oct 22, 2009 23:42
|
Quote:
|
On 2009-10-20 15:31, Lauge wrote:
No
|
|
Well, i'm sure sad 2 hear that. U (and other artists) work damn hard 2 make us all happy. I hope our love and appreciation will chaer u up and keep u on business for a long time....
Amen!
---------------------------------------------
"I've reached to the top and now can't stop
--------------------------------------------- |
|
|
|
Lauge
Lauge
Started Topics :
69
Posts :
581
Posted : Oct 23, 2009 07:15
|
|
Outolintu
IsraTrance Full Member
Started Topics :
63
Posts :
1477
Posted : Oct 26, 2009 11:30
|
i think very few artists are in a position where they even get back the money they have invested in equipment etc. ofcourse nowerdays it's a bit cheaper to get started. but still even the basics: a powerful computer, legal software, quality speakers and a proper souncard add up to thousands of euros. not to mention the time and effort one puts into making music. i guess there are a small handful artists in this scene that might get somekind of compensation for time and effort too.
those who have expanded their territory into game, movie and tv-programme scores and/or raise healthy payments from monhtly live-sets are probably able to make a (i wish i could say decent?) living out of making music.
"no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby |
|
|
|
