Musician publicity & earnings

Discussions about publicists for national touring bands (comment: "has a publicist"), claims that "97% of Ghanaian musicians not making any money from their music" (GHAMRO/Rex Omar referenced), and PR/fanbase tactics such as "build a stanbase," giving fans cute names, and questions like "Why are you doing free labor for corporations?"

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2/10/26, 06:28 PM
also great to see a fuss kicked up about freelancers asking for """too much money""" when the ttrpg scene can't go six minutes without pdf pricing discourse. either your work is worth money or it isn't, pick one you cowards
2/10/26, 05:41 PM
I mean, historically, touring musicians have made more money from merch sales than music sales....
2/10/26, 05:36 PM
I imagine that they would be in big big financial trouble if they didn’t have all that money from selling their back catalogue on assorted eshops.
2/10/26, 05:35 PM
An Ark showed me augmented reality’s true artistic potential https://thever.ge/4tZj #Entertainment #Wearable #Gadgets #Report
https://thever.ge/4tZj
"I think about these bars from “YouUgly” on JID’s most recent album a lot. Why are you doing free labor for corporations?"
2/10/26, 05:27 PM
I’m not privy fr, but I suspect it’s literally part of the business/PR model now. “How to build a stanbase” type shit. Everybody is giving their fans cute names now to build and grow the cults.
2/10/26, 04:52 PM
next time anybody feels like policing the licensing of an artist whose art they have enjoyed, just send them money
2/10/26, 04:37 PM
Artists starve on free publicity. We only make money when people pay us.
2/10/26, 04:13 PM
I remember many years ago talking with a friend who told me that "basically every national touring band you have heard of has a publicist" or something like that and it kinda shook my faith in what I thought was a network of diy artists slumming it to the point of success/recognition
2/10/26, 02:30 PM
97% of Ghanaian musicians not making any money from their music https://www.europesays.com/africa/75760/ Rex Omar is a veteran Highlife musician Board Chairman of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Rex Omar,…
https://www.europesays.com/africa/75760/
2/10/26, 02:21 PM
“You could make more money by doing your art differently” is a FAR less compelling argument than you seem to think it is.
2/10/26, 02:18 PM
what an insult to every artist's work that they will have to reapply every 3 years for a lottery that, however hard they work, and however much they (as the statement emphesises) 'produce', they may never win
2/10/26, 01:58 PM
They don’t pay royalties

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