Except, if they don't make music, they wont' sell t-shirts.I saw this article by Musicradar the other day and it was an interview with a band and the quote was : We don't sell records. If we don't go out and sell t-shirts, we don't make money. I'm a t-shirt salesman. I'm not a musician.
I assume that you mean this article?
https://www.musicradar.com/news/we-dont ... s-any-more
Their top song has some 27 million plays on Spotify with 500k monthly listeners. What exactly is he whining about? I mean, it's beyond me that you can get someone to care that much about thrash metal. Tickets for their upcoming tour are $40 to $70 for general admission and $140+ for reserved seating.
Sounds like they're doing all right for a butt rock band. I'm fairly certain that he doesn't actually sell any t-shirts, rather, he pays people to sell t-shirts by giving the venue a cut.
Statistics: Posted by ghettosynth — Sat Aug 10, 2024 10:50 pm