The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.
It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.
The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song.
You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable.
In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive.
Artists who write songs... what they're going through usually comes through in their music.
The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.
The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychological roller coaster they're going to have to ride. That's the hard work.
I write other people songs. Recirculate it. It's the music business.
Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.