Originally posted by zang42
I saw this commercial last night, not sure exactly what organization it was made by, but it made me mad. It was about downloading music, movies, etc. from the internet and how it takes money away from people in the entertainment industry. The one part that pissed me off the most was when Ben Affleck appeared and said something about the people working on the movies need money too. I don't know how much he gets per movie, but it's definately in the millions... now why can't some of his earnings be put towards paying the people who help make the movies? It's not just Ben Affleck, it's all the actors/actresses that are making obscene amounts of money for each movie they make. Keep downloading media people... take this hollywood :madfawk:
Here is a little math for you.
An artist makes $0.25 per song on a cd.
Each cd has on average 10 songs so its $2.50.
Take away the 10 months of touring and you'll realize that each cd sold means a lot to a musician. Think of it this way, what if you had to spend 10 months out of a year in a bus going from state to state and county to country away from your family just so they could have a bowl of dinner at the end of the day. You wouldn't survive a minute of it, MTv and VH1 makes the life of a musician seem very glorified but in the end its a battle to make ends meet.