07-08-2015, 07:54 PM
mrbigstuff wrote:
I know plenty of musicians who make a (modest) living at playing and recording. very modest, I might add. but, they know this going in. one way to make a living at music is to keep playing shows, as musicians have had to do in all but the last half century or so. fewer private planes, I guess.
Yeah- it's one of those funny economic shifts that come along. It used to be artists toured to sell albums. Now they make albums (well, songs, that are either downloaded or played over radio, satellite, streaming services) to draw folks to their tours.