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Originally posted by stonesour
only a dollar per cd roughly goes to the artist, and they do all the work
The artists write songs, sing them, play their instruments, rehearse, and maybe design some art or write some text to be included with the album. They don't mix the audio, buy/burn the CDs, buy/print the labels/inserts, buy the cases, package everything, and handle distribution. They don't provide the expensive equipment needed to do that stuff either. The record company probably handles lots of the promotion too.
So I think your statement is obviously false.
That being said, I do appreciate the great work that artists do, but it's just wrong to say they do ALL the work.
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