Rock business

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You have to record so you can tour. Tours make the money. How much money? Even a punk drummer can be a millionaire

#20: Travis Barker – $85 Million (Blink 182, The Aquabats)
#21: Danny Carey – $40 Million (Tool)
#22: Max Weinberg – $35 Million (Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Conan O'Brien)
#23: Mickey Hart – $30 Million (The Grateful Dead)
#24: Nicko McBrain – $30 Million (Iron Maiden)
#25: Dave Clark – $30 million (The Dave Clark Five)
#26: Bill Kreutzmann – $25 Million (The Grateful Dead)
#27: Neil Peart – $22 Million (Rush)
#28: Taylor Hawkins – $20 Million (Foo Fighters)
#29: Tico Torres – $20 Million (Bon Jovi)
#30: Questlove – $16 Million (The Roots, Jimmy Fallon)
#31: Steven Adler – $15 Million (Guns N' Roses)
#32: Liberty DeVitto – $15 Million (Billy Joel)
#33: Mick Fleetwood – $8.5 Million (Fleetwood Mac)

The richest drummers:
#1: Ringo Starr Net Worth – $300 Million (The Beatles)
#2: Dave Grohl Net Worth – $260 Million (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)...HE IS MORE THAN DRUMMER!
#3: Phil Collins Net Worth – $250 Million (Solo, Genesis)
#4: Don Henley Net Worth – $200 Million (The Eagles)
#5: Lars Ulrich Net Worth – $200 Million (Metallica)
#6: Charlie Watts – $170 Million (The Rolling Stones)
#7: Roger Taylor – $170 Million (Queen)
#8: Larry Mullen Jr – $150 Million (U2)
#9: Joey Kramer – $100 Million (Aerosmith)
#10: Nick Mason – $100 Million (Pink Floyd)

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Concert Tours Are Where the Real Money Is

The loftiest perches on Pollstar magazine's annual list of highest-grossing acts are held mostly by aging rock stars: Last year Paul McCartney ($103.3 million), who charged a top ticket price of $250, the Rolling Stones ($87.9 million) and Cher ($73.6 million) topped the charts. McCartney plowed through 90 dates in 14 months, playing two-and-a-half-hour shows for half a million people in Rome, 100,000 in Moscow's Red Square and 35,000 in the Beatles' birthplace of Liverpool, U.K.

By the time the Eagles wrap up the 40-date first leg of their supposedly last tour, dubbed Farewell I (wink-wink), they will have earned at least $30 million in guarantees — before T-shirt sales.

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Streaming income coming more from Spotify than others:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... -royalties

Spotify failed to pay the composer copyright part. When you buy a CD, 10-15 dollars, about a dollar goes to composer. The rest to performer distributorcetc.