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Interesting comments from Janis Ian.
The life of a musician in the download era can be difficult. Perk, a struggling artist in Los Angeles, last week at an event held by Internet radio company Mercora admitted he makes more money selling T-shirts than records. His friends tell him they buy CDs, but then burn copies for friends, forgetting that that hurts him, he said.

Somewhere on her Website, Janis Ian says something to the effect that despite 25 albums, several top 40 hits and a Grammy or two, she's never made a dime off of any of her major-label album sales. In fact, she claims she actually loses money on her studio albums. Yes, believe it or not, an artist can wind up owing their record company, even on albums that hit gold.

How does she earn a living? Live performances.

http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html

So, apparently, a lot more is gonna have to change in the music biz before the vast majority of musical artists start to make a decent living off record sales.

Wanna know which artists consistently make good money off of albums? The graphic artists and photographers doing the CD insert designs. Over the years, I've done several album jobs where I made lots more on the album than the poor musician trying to get royalties on said album from his/her label.
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[SHOCKER] - Distribute on your own?!?  TheProtector | 06/27/05
lawyers  Protector | 06/28/05
Interesting comments from Janis Ian.  Yen_z | 06/27/05
Why even bother? Pirates arnt out to steal.  KillerJ59J | 06/27/05
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Really?  KillerJ59J | 06/27/05
What's mine?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
Nah, crooks usually know  voska | 06/28/05
What's the MIAA?  emcee_z | 06/27/05
Musicians give their legal opinions?  bidemytime | 06/27/05
Why not?  rapson | 06/27/05
Just take it for what it's worth  bidemytime | 06/27/05
It is very easy for someone who ...  ShadeTree | 06/27/05
Authority on music, yes. Finance, no.  Anton Philidor | 06/28/05
Exactly  bidemytime | 06/28/05
Tend to agree with you  voska | 06/27/05
No ne cares about those kids...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
You see my point clearly then  voska | 06/28/05
But aren't those the kids...  rapson | 06/28/05
You're getting it too  voska | 06/28/05
And who are you?  John Zern | 06/28/05
Yeah, what would they know about a subject they live and breath every singl  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
Musicians live and breathe accounting?  tic swayback | 06/27/05
True.  KillerJ59J | 06/27/05
Alice Cooper says you are wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
Alice is more into golfing...  tic swayback | 06/27/05
Making the point, you can't catagorize people.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/05
Who would of thought  osreinstall | 06/27/05
dumb  Protector | 06/28/05
And your dumber  osreinstall | 06/28/05
even dumber yet  Protector | 06/28/05
You started it you whiner  osreinstall | 06/28/05
just don't get it  Protector | 06/28/05
No, you don't get it.  osreinstall | 06/28/05
Let's ask David Byrne  tic swayback | 06/27/05
Simple minds make simple statements.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
You're calling Byrne "simple"?  tic swayback | 06/27/05
But you just said they are clueless....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
Not clueless....  tic swayback | 06/27/05
Well, well, well. There goes that argument.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
Really? The vast majority?  tic swayback | 06/27/05
Yes, The Majority?  KillerJ59J | 06/27/05
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Not musicians, their entire industry.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
Show me the numbers  tic swayback | 06/27/05
The numbers...  T25 | 06/27/05
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Groups are made up of many bands  osreinstall | 06/28/05
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This how P2P hurts musicians  voska | 06/27/05
Then go give yours away, leave the rest alone.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/27/05
Hard to do...  tic swayback | 06/27/05
Yes, no, and maybe...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/05
As long as I'm able to I'm happy  voska | 06/28/05
No more money to music or movies  Protector | 06/28/05
Software manufacturers held responsible for users behaviour?...  T25 | 06/27/05
So go a step along the chain  mad.mutt | 06/28/05
Gun manufacturers are  John Zern | 06/28/05
you'd be pissed if some 1 stole from u  skull420 | 06/27/05
Crying theft isn't cutting it! We are being lied to!  Protector | 06/28/05
Don't Steal Music and Don't Steal Fair Use  Boot_Agnostic | 06/28/05
so what  jjl1254 | 06/28/05
What happened...  John Zern | 06/28/05
Truth lies and bentleys  Protector | 06/28/05
I know I'm in the minority but....  djtriv420@... | 06/28/05
Say what you want to, but  dognts | 06/28/05
States already do that  John Zern | 06/28/05
the ruling  piccolo44 | 07/10/05
History  mejustme | 07/12/05
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