How Musicians Make Money, Or Don’t, In 2018

Re:How Musicians Make Money, Or Don’t, In 2018 by scarface74 on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @05:15PM (#17719559)

True. How many rock bands have you heard going out to the community and passing out sample CDs?

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Re:How Musicians Make Money, Or Don’t, In 2018 by romwell on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:41PM (#17720226)

>How many rock bands have you heard going out to the community and passing out sample CDs?

I've got quite a few CD's like that. So I'd say - plenty.

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Re:How Musicians Make Money, Or Don’t, In 2018 by scarecrowbob on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:24PM (#17720501)

Same, I play a lot of original folk music and most songwriters are giving away their CDs in about a 1/3 of the transactions I've seen. The other 1/3 of sales are more like tipping for service workers, and the other 1/3 is genuine "folks want the music and they want to pay for it.

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Re:How Musicians Make Money, Or Don’t, In 2018 by brandall10 on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:15AM (#17734028)

As others mentioned, it's not uncommon.

The difference I believe is that activity seems more reactive than preemptive. Case in point, the mixtape as a precursor to the album, which exists primarily as a promotional vehicle. Even rappers that have already made it continue to do mixtapes for more experimental work or as a thank you to their fans.

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Re:How Musicians Make Money, Or Don’t, In 2018 by unicornporn on Thursday August 09, 2018 @05:29AM (#17722734)

> How many rock bands have you heard going out to the community and passing out sample CDs?

Close to a million.

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Re:How Musicians Make Money, Or Don’t, In 2018 by blackrock on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:45AM (#17721862)

What's a CD?

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