The Double-Dip Mentality

[Fragbait]

In the music industry though, there is usually a person like Brittany Spears who does earn much more than her team mates because without her there is no product period.
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Hi,

Seems like you finally got convinced. Woohoo!

Also note that even today not all musical 'acts' are artificial mass-tuned products like the product Britney, or Backstreet Boys. While the pre-selecting of group members and the image implanting definitely is on the rise, there are certain groups / artists that don't fit into that scheme. Some rappers and many a rock group, and also musicians of the electronic music branch spring to mind. And to be sure: these artists don't get one-tenth of a percent more than 'artificial'* groups, in spite of no (or less) image consultants and less promotion agents working for them. And don't be blue-eyed, while there may be many people working on a product like Britney, the major hump of money still get the bosses of the label. (I don't say that that's a bad thing - if you're the boss!)

*: Whereas artificial is arguable, too. If you fire your guitarist because he's on dope all the time, which compromises his performance and the image of the band as such, ain't that, you know, artificial?


Greetings, Fragbait