What to do to make Money

What do musicans do for a living?

Most of an artist's revenues come from tours, the sale of merchandising items, the licencing of his/she' tunes for things like TV, films or videogames, as well as partnership or side business. Broadcasting is often seen as the next generation of digital media and can be a great way for musicians to earn money. However, it is not nearly as profitable for painters as other sources of revenues.

Although the sector remains uncertain about its prospects, critics are bullish about artists' capacity to flourish in the aspiring world. There is a widespread misunderstanding about how great musician make their money: Briefly, it's about having a smashing hit that will break through the top 40 of the charts. Actually, it's more complex than that, and an artist's monetary reward often comes from sources other than streamed or downloaded.

" But as Bellas remarked, "artists have always earned most of their money with performing lives and tours. "And for big business leaders, the numbers confirm that claim. Take U2, for example, which made $54.4 million and was the highest paying act of the year in 2017, according to Billboard's Money Makers Repor t.

About 95% or $52 million of their overall revenues came from tour business, while less than 4% came from streams and albums. While Garth Brooks (who came second on the list) owe about 89% of his winnings to a tour, Metallica (ranked third) scored 71% of his winnings the same way.

"Over the past few years, stream revenues have risen, but it's still not enough to fund a long-lasting career," said Erin M. Jacobson, a Beverly Hills-based advocate for the Beverly Hills recording industries whose job is to negotiate recording deals on artist names that range from up-and-coming performers to Grammy winners.

According to Bellas, dubbing (e.g. when an performer buys the right to perform his songs in a television show, film or videogame ), side-business, such as trendy collections, as well as brand partnership are other frequent income streams. A recent Citigroup survey showed that the 2017 $43 billion mark was achieved by the recorded media sector, but recorded producers achieved only 12% of that, or $5.1 billion, and most of their income came from tours.

According to the survey, record label and publisher organizations took nearly $10 million home with them, showing that performers still account for a meagre percent of the growing revenue from streams, where record label and stream service providers act as mediators. Performers also need to address the question of copyrights, where revenue for their works continues to be divided between the publisher, label and songwriter.

Thus it is not necessarily more profitable for an artist to register with a record company these days. "A lot of performers think they will make more money if they sign with a record company, and I have to inform them that this is not necessarily the case and tell them that they have to repay any expenses the record company may incur on their behalf," says Jacobson.

"The artist still thinks that glory and wealth are easily gained and that they will make great strides that most businesses don't give now. "Given the ever-changing way humans hear and perform folk songs, the sector's outlook and what performers will win is uncertain.

However, a recent increase in musical revenues gives an encouraging indication of where the sector is heading. The RIAA reports that the turnover of the musical industries has risen for two successive years.