So what should be doing to get rich? Playing a sport? Being a surgeon? Creating a new app? You can literally apply that logic to almost anything. When you do not pay for music it is the engineer that is fukked. That engineers and writers are not getting that tour money. And with people on 360 deals, yes suits are getting some of that tour money too unless they are super indy. I have no idea what you and
@Buckeye Fever are talking about.
Because the chances of making ANY money doing music is slim to none. Same deal with sports.
Being a surgeon...if you made it through school, you are GOING to make money. You make an app, you are GOING to make (some) money. Its a fundamental thing. There is literally NO way for everyone to get paid doing it. EVERY surgeon is making money...you cannot say the same for musicians, because the infrastructure isnt there. On second thought, its IS there. It just isnt there to assist or pay the artist.
I tell people the same shyt with trying to get their kids in the fukking NBA. Sure it MAY happen, but the chances are so low that putting ALL your eggs in that basket is folly. So trying to be a musician for the SOLE purpose of making money is just as dumb. Now if you love the music, and the passion is in your shyt...I hope you can succeed, but even then its rare.
And If we are talking about hip-hop the artist IS the writer so
And artists make the VAST majority of their money from touring and endorsements
