No money in releasing Music anymore to be honest. An artist would be lucky if they get 10p per download if with a label and 0.001p for a stream. Can you imagine splitting that if it’s a band
The money for the one doing the edit is getting paid for Dj spots. If a major label is releasing they normally get a flat fee (eg £250/£500/£1,000) for the re edit. It’s also the kudos of getting it out there.
Same could be said of a ripped copy, that it’s the same noise, but this way the artist is receiving something for their efforts and Shufflin gets his cd which makes him happy.
If we don’t support the artists there will be no new soul music simple as and that would be a crying shame, there still is a lot of good new music out there
In reality that’s not a lot when you factor in costs of artists time, talent, mastering, production, artwork etc. on a very small run.
Via iTunes etc. The artist would be lucky to get 50p out of a 99p download and 0.001p from streaming sites
Digital age has killed any chance of making a living as a singer/musician.
Even mega stars like Peter Frampton complaining about receiving only 0.001 cent from every play on Spotify etc.
You should officially be charged import tax if goods over USD15 I think it is.
Been done for this numerous times and you should factor in when buying. If you get away with not being charged happy days but should take it you will be charged to be in the safe side.
Plus of course the post office handling charges
This will also come in from EU when we Brexit