You know, it's interesting that this post got reinvigorated. It got started a while back and I responded on quite a few things and it has taken on some great posts. But basically it is a question pretty much everyone trying to do music is asking. "HOW DO I MAKE MONEY AT THIS?" If you knew how many HIT songwriters and many artists ask this same question, lit would put things in quite the different perspective. But the simple answer really is:

HOW MUCH PRODUCT CAN YOU PERSONALLY SELL?
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME SEE YOU, YOUR CO-WRITERS, PARTNERS, ETC. PERFORM?
HOW CONSISTENT CAN YOU BE IN YOUR CAREER?
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR PRODUCT AND EFFORTS TO YOU AND TO OTHERS?

When you begin to answer these questions, you can start to understand how you make money at this.

MAB