"Kinda surprised to see that headline, the man is endorsed up the ass"

my thoughts as well honestly

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"Kinda surprised to see that headline, the man is endorsed up the ass"



That's his point. He makes no money off Periphery directly. All the money he does make is through endorsements.

dont a lot of metal musicians have lucrative contracts promoting gear companies though?

How can you expect to make money when your band makes music that is not very good?

"That's his point. He makes no money off Periphery directly. All the money he does make is through endorsements."

Ahh, that makes sense then. Yeah that could be the reason why they haven't hired a bassist yet and are just using backing tracks.

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"dont a lot of metal musicians have lucrative contracts promoting gear companies though?"



"That's his point. He makes no money off Periphery directly. All the money he does make is through endorsements."

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"Ahh, that makes sense then. Yeah that could be the reason why they haven't hired a bassist yet and are just using backing tracks."



Yeah, that's what I figured too. Jeff Holcomb is more than capable of being their touring bassist since he's done it before and he's a member of the tour crew anyway handling the lights...but that would mean hiring a new light-guy.

But in the end, this doesn't mean Misha or any of the bandmates are poor right? Just that from Periphery alone they don't make much. All 3 guitarists are pretty much endorsed to hell and back. Literally each of them has a sig model with huge guitar companies, as well as sig pickups with huge pickup companies.

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Great article. I should listen more to this band

Look again, college boy

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A while ago (I don't know if it's still the case) Periphery's facebook page description joked about them being an apparel company posing as a band and there's an element of truth in that. It's been known for a while that most bands only make money off merch. An interview with Misha a while ago talked about how Periphery had been offered 360 degree record deals where the label would also take a cut of the merchandising and Periphery refused because of that. The only way any of this is feasible is because they do all (or almost all) their production themselves so there are no overheads and debts to pay off with touring.

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Periphery are one of the biggest metal bands of the past few years so I'm sure they're doing alright financially. The takeaway I get is that most bands less successful than them, especially who play metal, have to figure out other ways to make a living.

There are also just too many bands out there, which saturates venues and make touring, the primary way a band makes money, more difficult to make happen.

The Internet makes for anyone who wants to to form a band, record, and release their material to a potential audience possible, but at the same time also kind of ruins it for everyone.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvOAVsgp3LA article literally rips shit straight from this interview, no shame it seems

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"I mean bands certainly aren't making the bulk of their revenue off of album sales anymore that's for goddamn sure lol "



exactly. from what i've heard it's all about the shows/ticket sales and merch. i always try to buy merch/albums either direct from a band's website or merch table from a show, that way i know at least most of the money is going straight to the band.

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It's a vicious circle. The only way to make music profitable in any way for a young band still willing to slum it and sleep on floors and tour for months in a tiny van and live on McDonalds happy meals is to produce and distribute music digitally and independently through the internet, but with everyone doing it it's harder for good bands to stand out from the mediocre ones.



On the one hand it probably doesn't mean that we'll see a dearth of great music being produced, because there will always be people with passion and talent making music out there. But it just means that being a career musician-artist (as opposed to being a session or cover band musician) has become a terrible choice.

Wasn't it always a terrible choice though?

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It was a risk-reward scenario before the internet. Now there's no reward.

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Yeah the Internet really changed everything and flipped the industry on its head. Way harder for a band to make it nowadays than during the 20th century, and it gets more difficult every year.

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You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the next Justin Bieber or Owl City.

I just want to say that I'd probably "sell out" in a heartbeat, if it was a product I enjoy or was interested in.

If Wendy's was all "Hey, can we use your song and pay you for it?" I'd be way into it. You'll pay me to advertise for you using my music, AND your food is delicious and I'll probably get deals on it? Sign me the fuck up.