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Originally Posted by kane
If it is a major act it will quickly reach big money. Jive records had about 8 million invested in Britney Spears before her first song was ever even on the radio. There is a great book called, "so you want to be a rock star." It is written by one of the guys that was in a band called Semisonic. It is a great insight into just how much money goes into marketing a band to the masses. You might be shocked. No it isn't that of movies because their are different mediums and have a lot of different expenses. To me it is just different forms of art and choosing a price point for one is kind of like saying, " I will 20K for this panting by this artist because it is a painting and took a lot of effort to make, but I will only pay 3K for this drawing because drawing is easier and takes less to make."
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The Britney thing is a great example of HORRIBLE music forced on us by people willing to dump money into total shit until it makes it's money back.
I know it costs big money, but even if it costs 20, 50 or 100k or even a million.. It still doesn't even come close to the cost of a Movie.. well, most movies.
Or maybe if we look at movies they know will make it vs. singers they know will make it. Both big time... I don't have exact numbers but I'm pretty sure nobody boasts about the cost of making a Music CD or even the overall costs of the Music Videos...
Not like Movies at least.