[dayglored]

> Amateur level maybe where you are at but at a pro level it’s a different ballgame.I’ve been in the biz for 30 years and the public has no idea what an average investment of a cd cost/record/album is.Each product can easily be in the millions.

Depends. An awful lot of successful music CDs are being produced these days for a fraction of that amount. Mega-hits, no of course not. But successful, in that they recoup their investment and make profit.

Tell me, since I'm not real clear on this: Say a track sells on iTunes or Amazon for 99cents. Who gets how much of that buck? How much does the artist see? How much the store? how much goes into actual musical production (recording, mixing)? how much to promo? and how much goes to the middlefolks?

[taxtruth]

It depends on what the studio time cost,the production cost were,the union cost,the promo cost,disturb cost,the lawyers fees,the royalty fees and the deal that was set up in the beginning.Not many people understand what it really cost to put out a record on the national/international level.A production cost alone could be half a million dollars.

[taxtruth]

It depends on what the studio time cost,the production cost were,the union cost,the promo cost,disturb cost,the lawyers fees,the royalty fees and the deal that was set up in the beginning.Not many people understand what it really cost to put out a record on the national/international level.A production cost alone could be half a million dollars.

[truth_seeker]

“Tell me, since I’m not real clear on this: Say a track sells on iTunes or Amazon for 99cents. Who gets how much of that buck? How much does the artist see? How much the store? how much goes into actual musical production (recording, mixing)? how much to promo? and how much goes to the middlefolks?”

Why is that your business? You feel laws should be broken, to limit revenue and profit?