Thursday, May 27, 2010

Mick Jagger on the Economics of Music


Another reason to like Mick Jagger and the Stones: the man is smart. Here's a bit from what he observes regarding music sales on an interview with the BBC:

...people only made money out of records for a very, very small time. When The Rolling Stones started out, we didn’t make any money out of records because record companies wouldn’t pay you! They didn’t pay anyone!

Then, there was a small period from 1970 to 1997, where people did get paid, and they got paid very handsomely and everyone made money. But now that period has gone.

So if you look at the history of recorded music from 1900 to now, there was a 25 year period where artists did very well, but the rest of the time they didn’t.

More here.


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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Longevity in the music business doesn't just happen by accident. Mick rules!