JTUK Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 [quote name='dangerboy' post='647361' date='Nov 6 2009, 04:19 PM']The impression I get from chats with people who know these kind of bands is that you a/. keep costs to a minimum b/. keep another job for when you're not touring and c/. know that one day you'll run out of money, and the music will stop. There's a stable income stream to be had in continental Europe (as has been pointed out above, the faddish "music" press seem to hold less sway there) too, but that's really only enough to make tours self-funding, rather than to make money. In the UK the system seems to be rigged in favour of bands who have someone with very big pockets paying for everything until the day they're doing arena tours.[/quote] by and large I agree with the Euro tour status..we asked for a daily fee... and got it. Looking back on it we were very lucky as the singer/songwriter made not alot at all ..and I recall we got knocked once or twice, and got less than we wanted, but we were asking for £150 a day... I remember this because in Hamburg the drummer went through his night's money in the Reeperbahn..TWICE..!! Don't ask....!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Things certainly have changed. When we signed back in 1998, we had the choice of an advance each, paid in a lump sum or as a monthly wage. We opted monthly as giving us a lump sum to a bunch of young guys would be financial suicide and we would be skint after 6 months. It worked out at about £1,080.00 each per month which back then was not bad. Even our solicitor said that was good money for a new band. Plus, whenever we went on tour, we got £25 per day to live off which again was a lot especially if the venue provided food and a rider. The record company also paid for our hotel cost. Even better, when negotiating, we insisted on them giving us £15,000 to spend on musical equipment. This worked out about £3,500.00 for me on bass gear and I had lots of fun at the Bass Centre in Wapping buying my new gear. Our album cost £120,00.00 to record which again, back then and compared to todays prices is a lot but we did use a top producer and top studios. In fact the record company wanted to send us to Seattle to record using the guy that did Pearl Jams first album but we said that would be just silly money. The record company pretty much paid for everything and because of this, we could give up our day jobs which was a great feeling. All we had to do was write, tour, record, look after ourselves and do our own tax bill. Again, everything we did, like buy clothes and CD's was put under research for band and so our tax bill was minimal So looking back, we were very lucky and did have a great life and a very lucky financial situation. I can't possibly ever imagine it would be like that these days unless you are a major major artist. Still, happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buff Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Hell, what band where you in ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 (edited) [quote name='buff' post='647420' date='Nov 6 2009, 05:15 PM']Hell, what band where you in ?????[/quote] The band was called Inter. Goes back about 9 years now but found this link, [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-My-9-Inter/dp/B00004TRHA/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257531161&sr=1-27"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-My-9-Inter/dp/B...161&sr=1-27[/url] Edited November 6, 2009 by Linus27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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