The Subsim Music Thread (pt3)

Jimbuna · 01-12-25, 07:43 AM

Jimbuna · 01-13-25, 01:47 PM

Jimbuna · 01-14-25, 01:06 PM

Jimbuna · 01-15-25, 01:57 PM

Eisenwurst · 01-16-25, 05:25 PM

If you can go there, see it before Woke destroys it all.

Jimbuna · 01-17-25, 07:55 AM

vienna · 01-18-25, 05:14 PM

Music related and a bit interesting...

Way back in the early days of Rock and Roll, royalties for artists and songwriters were very much often than not very paltry; The Beatles, for example, received the princely sum of about 1/4 of one penny for each single record sold and just a bit more for an LP; of course, once they became the biggest thing ever, the deal was renegotiated in their favor; however, other artists were not so fortunate and many made tons of money for their record labels and got pittances; the situation was a lot better for for band members who were also the songwriters for their bands; they received an additional, and sometimes larger, royalty for each record sold of their compositions; Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards make substantially more than their bandmates and a nearly sole composer like Townsend of The Who was raking it in; now, with streaming, and the decline of physical record sales, royalties have become a real issue for artists; royalties are based on each song streamed rather than on an actual record sold; streamers took advantage of their near stranglehold on the market and are paying really low royalties; this link is an article describing the royalty system for various streamers and the amount they pay for each download to the artists:

Streaming Royalty Calculator: What Your Streams Are Worth -

https://dittomusic.com/en/blog/how-m...-pay-musicians

Some well established artists are being shocked to receive royalty checks reflecting just a fraction of what the received prior to the age of streaming services; however, if you are lucky enough to get one of your compositions to be used as a TV show theme and that show is successful, you can really rake the money in:

Eight Figures for ‘The Big Bang Theory’? Inside the World of TV Theme Songs -

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ry-1235233087/

Interestingly, some artists set out to be TV and movie soundtrack writers; Danny Elfman created the band Oingo Boingo as a means of showcasing his work to TV and movie producers; needless to say he succeeded spectacularly; some others also used their bands to promote their songwriting to TV/film producers and had some degrees of success...

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01-17-25, 07:55 AM	#6
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01-18-25, 05:14 PM	#7
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,724 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Music related and a bit interesting... Way back in the early days of Rock and Roll, royalties for artists and songwriters were very much often than not very paltry; The Beatles, for example, received the princely sum of about 1/4 of one penny for each single record sold and just a bit more for an LP; of course, once they became the biggest thing ever, the deal was renegotiated in their favor; however, other artists were not so fortunate and many made tons of money for their record labels and got pittances; the situation was a lot better for for band members who were also the songwriters for their bands; they received an additional, and sometimes larger, royalty for each record sold of their compositions; Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards make substantially more than their bandmates and a nearly sole composer like Townsend of The Who was raking it in; now, with streaming, and the decline of physical record sales, royalties have become a real issue for artists; royalties are based on each song streamed rather than on an actual record sold; streamers took advantage of their near stranglehold on the market and are paying really low royalties; this link is an article describing the royalty system for various streamers and the amount they pay for each download to the artists: *Streaming Royalty Calculator: What Your Streams Are Worth -* https://dittomusic.com/en/blog/how-m...-pay-musicians Some well established artists are being shocked to receive royalty checks reflecting just a fraction of what the received prior to the age of streaming services; however, if you are lucky enough to get one of your compositions to be used as a TV show theme and that show is successful, you can really rake the money in: *Eight Figures for ‘The Big Bang Theory’? Inside the World of TV Theme Songs -* https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ry-1235233087/ Interestingly, some artists set out to be TV and movie soundtrack writers; Danny Elfman created the band Oingo Boingo as a means of showcasing his work to TV and movie producers; needless to say he succeeded spectacularly; some others also used their bands to promote their songwriting to TV/film producers and had some degrees of success... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __