The Voice - Guild sighting

[crank]

I think all reality shows that require travel and taking time off from work/life pay stipends. Reality shows are always less real than reality.

They also have, or used to have regional Voice auditions in various cities. I don't know if they still do that. I do know someone who is a good singer and has performed in many local bands who auditioned but did not get on the show. I don't think it was ever a part of the show like it was for American Idol.

A lot of these talent shows also seem to hire contestants for branded tours as well.

I am wondering how much the Voice contestants make from their Itunes sales?

 

[walrus]

The usual source:

In the popular digital realm, a $9.99 download on a program like iTunes nets artists a modest 94 cents -- less than a 10% cut. The record company takes $5.35 and Apple keeps the remaining $3.70. Artists get nine cents for each individual song downloaded on Napster and iTunes.

And Spotify, etc. pay even less.

In general, the movement to digital music is why artists keep touring, etc. They simply don't earn anywhere near what they used to in the old days of records sales.

walrus

 

[adorshki]

In general, the movement to digital music is why artists keep touring, etc. They simply don't earn anywhere near what they used to in the old days of records sales. walrus

Well that's the way to starve the golden-egg laying goose to death.
And no wonder so many of 'em market their own CD's independently on their websites.

 

[fronobulax]

Well that's the way to starve the golden-egg laying goose to death.
And no wonder so many of 'em market their own CD's independently on their websites.

People who used to make money composing and recording are less able to do so because the royalties from streaming are so insignificant compared to royalties from records or tapes or CDs. If you are "new talent" having risen in the past decade or so and if you wish to make your money from your music then you need a multi-pronged approach which includes touring like heck and direct marketing to the consumer. If you just want to compose and record then you do so when you aren't at your day job.

 

[gjmalcyon]

People who used to make money composing and recording are less able to do so because the royalties from streaming are so insignificant compared to royalties from records or tapes or CDs.

Streaming royalties are absurdly low - from just over 1 cent to fractions of a cent.

From this source:

 

[walrus]

This is also why artists have set up their own labels - particularly common in the hip-hop world. This way they control everything.

Should I feel good that I still buy CD's? I am definitely helping the artists out financially more than buying the music digitally, or streaming it.

The usual source:

Large labels pay about $0.50 to $0.55 per CD on orders of 100,000 or more. Labels that buy less than 10,000 CDs per year pay approximately $1.20 per CD. Record labels pay two royalties: one to artists, and another to composers & publishers. Artists can receive 10% – 15% of suggested album retail minus packaging costs.


walrus