“Who can afford to go to multiple shows?” says the anonymous tour manager. “Two tickets to a show, you’re talking probably about $200 with fees and everything. You go to a meal around the show, you’re talking at least $100 or $200 for a nice dinner. Then you got parking and babysitters, then you add the VIP stuff to that and you want to make it a special night, you’re talking $500 to $1,000 a night for a couple to go out. It’s capitalism at its best.”
Support local music and musicians. Go to their shows. Buy their CDs and merch. Stop giving big corporations your dollars.
This is a part of it: musicians these days make most of their money on tours. They’re not making a lot by you buying the album (although you still should to support your favorite artists).
Person creating thing doesn’t actually make most of their money from having made thing. Ridiculous.
This is the way.