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Originally Posted by Julie in the rv mirror
Artists used to (and still may) tour in support of an album often because they were contractually obligated by the record company to promote it. Also, all of the costs of making an album are paid by the artist, not the record company. In the case of a new unknown artist, the record company would advance them the money to make the record, but those costs need to be repaid out of the profits.
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I see. So they're obligated to make the record, pay the expenses out of their own pocket, take all the risk, but if it's successful they get almost nothing compared to the composer?
Makes total sense.
Recording artists make money off of their records, perhaps not millions upon million in most cases, but they get something whether they wrote the songs or not. I don't know where you guys are getting the idea that they don't.