Next time one thinks tickets to a concert tour show are too much, consider what the costs of touring are. Bands virtually go bankrupt taking their show on the highway, which is something that must give one pause next time they think about illegally downloading songs.
Touring really expensive
Not everybody can just get on a fancy tour bus and begin touring their band. In fact, most band or artist tours do not consist of groupies, partying and a lot of cash as you might assume.
It is quite fascinating when you think about what The Dresden Dolls, a Boston group, made on their tour, according to a 2007 NPR interview. The two in the group, Brian Viglione and Amanda Palmer, only made $1,500 a month from the tour each. That is not a ton of cash for spending time in a record deal and touring. They even opened from some pretty large gigs.
That's $18,000 per year, supposing they tour each month of the year.
CD sales may bring them a little bit more cash considering they get $1 off every CD sale.
May get better with more fans
Oh, Sleeper is a band that is known as "mid-level" since it has existed for a few years and has a following. Band member Shane Blay posted typical expenses associated with touring. He said that bands make money depending on the amount of merchandise sold and the number of fans who arrive. The groups have to pay the location for using the facility too. His band made about $600 per night for the venues on average because of $300 in merchandise sales and $300 in venue profits.
The price of traveling is $10 per day for food and $150 in gas between gigs. The band also has to pay 15 percent to the manager and 10 percent to the booking agent out of the $300 venue cash. Of the merchandise cash, the manger gets $15 percent and the venue takes a 25 percent commission. On top of that, the band has to pay about $7.50 per t-shirt that they sell at $15, which already cuts that price in half. Total per night, the band ends up with $78.75 after all the expenditures come out.
The band ends up getting $13.12 a night when divided six ways, which does not consist of additional emergency costs.
Stars get extra cash
Big time people are the only ones who can make a large buck off of touring. This involves Pink Floyd's Roger Waters who did a tour in 2010, according to the Daily Mail. According to MTV, he grossed about $90 million on the tour and paid out $60 million to cover the lavish tour and production.
NBC News explained that most bands were close to having to get rid of tours and quit because of gas costs in 2008. Most young bands struggle more than you would know.
Whenever you download music for free, the band ends up losing money there too.
Touring really expensive
Not everybody can just get on a fancy tour bus and begin touring their band. In fact, most band or artist tours do not consist of groupies, partying and a lot of cash as you might assume.
It is quite fascinating when you think about what The Dresden Dolls, a Boston group, made on their tour, according to a 2007 NPR interview. The two in the group, Brian Viglione and Amanda Palmer, only made $1,500 a month from the tour each. That is not a ton of cash for spending time in a record deal and touring. They even opened from some pretty large gigs.
That's $18,000 per year, supposing they tour each month of the year.
CD sales may bring them a little bit more cash considering they get $1 off every CD sale.
May get better with more fans
Oh, Sleeper is a band that is known as "mid-level" since it has existed for a few years and has a following. Band member Shane Blay posted typical expenses associated with touring. He said that bands make money depending on the amount of merchandise sold and the number of fans who arrive. The groups have to pay the location for using the facility too. His band made about $600 per night for the venues on average because of $300 in merchandise sales and $300 in venue profits.
The price of traveling is $10 per day for food and $150 in gas between gigs. The band also has to pay 15 percent to the manager and 10 percent to the booking agent out of the $300 venue cash. Of the merchandise cash, the manger gets $15 percent and the venue takes a 25 percent commission. On top of that, the band has to pay about $7.50 per t-shirt that they sell at $15, which already cuts that price in half. Total per night, the band ends up with $78.75 after all the expenditures come out.
The band ends up getting $13.12 a night when divided six ways, which does not consist of additional emergency costs.
Stars get extra cash
Big time people are the only ones who can make a large buck off of touring. This involves Pink Floyd's Roger Waters who did a tour in 2010, according to the Daily Mail. According to MTV, he grossed about $90 million on the tour and paid out $60 million to cover the lavish tour and production.
NBC News explained that most bands were close to having to get rid of tours and quit because of gas costs in 2008. Most young bands struggle more than you would know.
Whenever you download music for free, the band ends up losing money there too.
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