Being a musician professionally sounds like a pretty sweet concept for many individuals. Concerts, the open road and some think, a ton of money. However, it isn't much of a living, even for bands that get a lot of interest, as the price of touring is through the roof.
Touring really expensive
Most groups or artists do not have enough cash to pay for a tour. You would imagine a tour for a musician to have a lot of cash with a lot of partying and tour busses. Unfortunately, that is not the case for all.
It is quite intriguing when you think about what The Dresden Dolls, a Boston group, made on their tour, according to a 2007 NPR interview. The two in the group, Brian Viglione and Amanda Palmer, only made $1,500 a month from the tour each. That is not a lot of cash for spending time in a record deal and touring. They even opened from some pretty large gigs.
Assuming they tour regularly, they will make $18,000 a year.
They got $1 of every CD sold also, so they might make some cash on CD sales.
Might get better with more supporters
Oh, Sleeper is a band that is considered "mid-level" since it has existed for a few years and has a following. Band member Shane Blay posted typical expenses associated with touring. He said that groups make money depending on the amount of merchandise sold and the number of enthusiasts who arrive. The groups have to pay the location for using the facility too. His band made about $600 per night for the venues on average because of $300 in merchandise sales and $300 in location profits.
The cost of traveling is $10 per day for food and $150 in gasoline between gigs. The band also has to pay 15 percent to the manager and 10 percent to the booking agent out of the $300 venue cash. Of the merchandise cash, the manger gets $15 percent and the location takes a 25 percent commission. On top of that, the band has to pay about $7.50 per t-shirt that they sell at $15, which already cuts that price in half. Total per night, the band ends up with $78.75 after all the expenses come out.
Divided six ways, that's $13.12 per night, per band member. That does not contain whether or not their van breaks down or if they have to stay in a hotel or go to a doctor.
Not all costs bad
It's only the biggest acts for whom the costs of touring are worth it, as a tour may sell enough tickets to be profitable. For instance, according to the Daily Mail, when Roger Waters did a tour of "The Wall," the classic album by his former group Pink Floyd, in 2010, the production, which is fantastically elaborate for those who haven't seen it, price $60 million to take on tour. The tour grossed nearly $90 million, according to MTV.
Being an artist means you will struggle a lot. According to NBC News, the 2008 gas price increases made it so most groups had to get rid of tours since they could not pay the additional cost for gas.
When you download music for free, the band ends up losing money there too.
Touring really expensive
Most groups or artists do not have enough cash to pay for a tour. You would imagine a tour for a musician to have a lot of cash with a lot of partying and tour busses. Unfortunately, that is not the case for all.
It is quite intriguing when you think about what The Dresden Dolls, a Boston group, made on their tour, according to a 2007 NPR interview. The two in the group, Brian Viglione and Amanda Palmer, only made $1,500 a month from the tour each. That is not a lot of cash for spending time in a record deal and touring. They even opened from some pretty large gigs.
Assuming they tour regularly, they will make $18,000 a year.
They got $1 of every CD sold also, so they might make some cash on CD sales.
Might get better with more supporters
Oh, Sleeper is a band that is considered "mid-level" since it has existed for a few years and has a following. Band member Shane Blay posted typical expenses associated with touring. He said that groups make money depending on the amount of merchandise sold and the number of enthusiasts who arrive. The groups have to pay the location for using the facility too. His band made about $600 per night for the venues on average because of $300 in merchandise sales and $300 in location profits.
The cost of traveling is $10 per day for food and $150 in gasoline between gigs. The band also has to pay 15 percent to the manager and 10 percent to the booking agent out of the $300 venue cash. Of the merchandise cash, the manger gets $15 percent and the location takes a 25 percent commission. On top of that, the band has to pay about $7.50 per t-shirt that they sell at $15, which already cuts that price in half. Total per night, the band ends up with $78.75 after all the expenses come out.
Divided six ways, that's $13.12 per night, per band member. That does not contain whether or not their van breaks down or if they have to stay in a hotel or go to a doctor.
Not all costs bad
It's only the biggest acts for whom the costs of touring are worth it, as a tour may sell enough tickets to be profitable. For instance, according to the Daily Mail, when Roger Waters did a tour of "The Wall," the classic album by his former group Pink Floyd, in 2010, the production, which is fantastically elaborate for those who haven't seen it, price $60 million to take on tour. The tour grossed nearly $90 million, according to MTV.
Being an artist means you will struggle a lot. According to NBC News, the 2008 gas price increases made it so most groups had to get rid of tours since they could not pay the additional cost for gas.
When you download music for free, the band ends up losing money there too.
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