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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Trent can say that much more easily than most - he has made a ton of money, and continues to make a ton of money off of back catalog, radio airplay, and successful world tours. He "made it" so now a few sales lost aren't anywhere near as important to him.
Remember also, for every $20 album sale, he might only see $1 or $2. So his losses in the deal are way lower than everyone elses.
He wouldn't be saying the same thing if he was on album 1, with a huge record company advance for recording hanging over his head, with every sale being the difference between being ass deep in debt and making enough money to eat pB&J sandwiches tomorrow.
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True. However most musicians actually end up in debt to record companies. they get big advances and then spend a ton on recording, videos, promotion, booze whatever and their royalty rates suck and they never sell enough records to pay back the advances. They tend to make most of their money doing live shows and selling merchandise like shirts.
If you have noticed downloading and stealing music is the biggest topic in the music business right now yet there are very few musicians that have actually come out against it. Most really don't care. They know they are going to get screwed by the record company, they are mostly interested in selling concert tickets and merchandise.