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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Do you actually know the difference between what your average 1st tier underground band makes now as opposed to twenty or thirty years ago? It's probably inarguable that they make less from album sales, but I'm dubious that they ever got enough from album sales to make much of a living off of anyway. I'm decently sure that underground bands have always survived off of touring.
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Underground bands use to make a considerable amount off of album sales and merchandise, in fact, that's how they made a lot of their money touring. Touring would often leave these bands in a whole otherwise.
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Originally Posted by Qwertyy
I completely disagree with that. Go on bandcamp for a minute, and look at all the artists who upload awesome new music there on a regular basis. Or go check out a hip-hop site like Datpiff or Hot New Hip-Hop and see just how many rappers are putting out quality projects while still going unnoticed by the mainstream audiences.
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Well that's just it isn't, rap is old fogie music, but that's okay, it just means I'll
be cool for a little while longer.
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