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Post by TKennedy on May 15, 2024 23:20:53 GMT -5
The comments section is interesting too.
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Post by Marshall on May 16, 2024 7:56:11 GMT -5
Very nice.
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Post by Marty on May 16, 2024 8:21:34 GMT -5
So Taylor Swift doesn't pay squat because they figure you get the exposure of playing for her. That pay pretty much just covers your daily expenses.
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Post by TKennedy on May 16, 2024 8:55:54 GMT -5
I noticed watching her live that her backup band was made up of older musicians and looked them up. Mostly session players with lots of experience.
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Post by howard lee on May 16, 2024 8:57:43 GMT -5
I noticed watching her live that her backup band was made up of older musicians and looked them up. Mostly session players with lots of experience.
I think she can afford them.
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Post by james on May 16, 2024 9:44:30 GMT -5
Evidently, Taylor Swift paid all the Eras tour workers a total of $55 million in bonuses last year. If her tour's truck drivers received six figure windfalls, (they did), it seems unlikely that her band members were neglected. I don’t know though.
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Post by John B on May 16, 2024 10:36:42 GMT -5
I'm not so worried about the bands touring behind big-name acts. It's the really good shows I've seen with 40-50 people in attendance, or 400 in attendance. How long can those performers continue to make music and tour, either solo with band or bands themselves? How do they survive?
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Post by drlj on May 16, 2024 10:40:17 GMT -5
If you complain about Taylor Swift she will write a song about you and your life will be ruined.
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Post by Marshall on May 16, 2024 10:55:36 GMT -5
Touring behind a modern hit artist and you get $200/ show. I’ve got a couple occasional 2 hr gigs that I get $200 for.
Sad. Very sad.
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Post by Dub on May 16, 2024 11:26:34 GMT -5
He’s talking about “mainstream music.” Genres like blues, jazz, or bluegrass that also require high skill levels pay less on the road than staying home and playing local gigs. JD Crowe stayed with his day job until retirement, and so did Del McCoury. Geoff Muldaur went back to work to support kids and pay for college. I think he only re-emerged after retirement.
Music a hard way to make a living.
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Post by Cornflake on May 16, 2024 17:33:58 GMT -5
"Music a hard way to make a living."
The law of supply and demand is heartless.
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Post by t-bob on May 16, 2024 17:53:29 GMT -5
It was interesting to read the video (studio muscian) and the comments - understand/comprehend. I've always been almost fair musician but not professional one.
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Post by TKennedy on May 16, 2024 17:54:54 GMT -5
I thought the comment about these bands being composed of the top one percent of musicians in their genre and comparing it to the top one percent in other professions was interesting. Slightly different pay scale.
Being able to do remarkable things with variously shaped balls rather than strings comes to mind.
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