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When music cd's were in, artists would get pennies on each sold. Nowdays they don't have that, but with elaborate show displays and PR, they are making insane money off touring, appearances, sponsorships, features, movies etc.
Nowdays an artist could be a CEO of a record label, their own producer, a manager of other artists, and have a clothing line, while headlining a massive tour...and they don't even need to be very well known outside of their region
if artists are gonna tell me tehy're making less now than before, i call bullshit. instead of thinking of free music as a long term PR and brand building strategy reaching more people, tehy're thinking short term and being greedy. A businessman not willing to invest in the growth of their brand is an idiot.
we've seen artists like wiz kalifa, soulja boy, and others all get local fame from local buzz, and then seen them utilize myspace and internet-distributed mixtapes, to get a bigger buzz, radio play and eventually global fame. So WTF is all this bs?
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