Jimmy D, London
That's not how the money from a CD is broken down, Tracy. Firstly, there are mechanical royalties to be considered for both the band/artist and the songerwriter (if the songwriter is in the band they still gets a songwriter's royalty. Then there is the slice that the music store/distributor takes, the mechanical costs (the cost of recording the CD in the first place), the album art, the publisher's fee, the delivery fee, the taxman's cut and finally the record company needs to make a clear profit.
When you sell albums at gigs for £1, none of the above applies to you. You may pay tax on your sales but apart from that and what it costs to produce your CD, the rest belongs to you, which you pay your manage out of. I'm sure this does keep your fans happy and they remain loyal, but strictly speaking it's a very poor business deal. The cut for most bands (which they pay their manager from) is between £1-£1.50, and production and distribution doesn't affect that amount per album.
tracy welsh.com
what you are saying is true, if i never had a manager I would not have albums on sale all over the world. What puzzels me is I sell my 20 song albums at the gigs i perform at for £1 and still make money so how come a record company charge £15 plus.
And because I give my fans a great deal they stay loyal and await the next album and from this I have sold over 150,000 songs Could I have done this without a manager? NOT A CHANCE
Tracy xx
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