Note to Wanna be Rock Stars:
Sales aren’t an accurate measurement of popularity. For every CD you sell, how many people copy it and pass it on? Passability, not sales, that’s what’s important. How do you create something so good people want to steal it, need to turn others on to it, that’s the question you should be asking, not HOW DO I GET PAID!
The Music Biz has been turned upside down - you need to have talent and create something that people want to see live. Then maybe, if you’re any good, you’ll make money. (Original thought copied from Bob Lefsetz! Way to go Bob!)
