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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz
I doubt each member of Radio head are multi millionares. I think you have a quirked view of what artists actually make. I know way too many artists that were hugely famous and now barely getting by. My vocal / performance coach won the Academy of country music award in 1985 for best new female artist, and now is giving vocal lessons. She is far from poor, but thats just an example.
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I do hear you that some artists who achieved success are now broke, but members of bands that have been famous for over ten years are set for life unless they wasted all their money. Even artists that have no points on the contract for publishing still get paid pretty well for touring. Even the tour bus driver makes $100k + a year.
I know the drummer for the band Stabbing Westward and he's not rich, but that band was only big for a few months. Same thing if you star on a TV show that runs for one season. Of course, everyone is not rich but if you are successful for several years you are usually set unless you wasted your money.
The point is, a brief encounter with fame or success doesn't mean you are rich and it probably shouldn't. But I never claimed that.
The guys from Radiohead are far from broke, I promise you that. But if the drummer who has no hand in writing the songs is not rich, why is that wrong? Someone who is not in on the songwriting is basically getting a free ride since they could be replaced with just about anybody.