OT - Music Business Questions

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Does anyone care or have questions about the back ground of the music business? I'm curious, especially watching all those Behind The Music's that were on and how a lot of musicians became broke after making millions.

For example, one of the questions I was always wondering about is, who pays for their (each band member) health insurance? Does the record company? The band as a business? Themselves?

If a "roadie" is working for a band like Styx, who pays their paycheck, do they have health insurance? Etc. What about flying to concerts and meals?

I know that a few musicians are "self-employed" and they have to pay their own health insurance.

[Abitaman]

I use to have a book on how to make it in the record buss. It went over things like that. But that was back in the 80's. I saw a concert Bryan Adams with the Storm, and a Roadie got killed. Right there in front of 12,000+ people. Fell from one of the lighting rigs above the audience. Wondered then who payed for his funeral.-ERIC

[jrnyman28]

Didn't roadies used to belong to a union?
But my understanding is that roadies get paid very little and have no benefits...they do it for the love of the road and the show.