T2K Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Anyone see '60 MinutesII' tonight? They had a piece on the musician Sting. He receives royalties on one of his songs, 'Every Breath You Take' of $2000 PER DAY. Did you ever think that the cost of a CD was too high? Poor soul needs the money to maintain that gargantuan castle he lives in. Poor soul. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 well at 730k a year.. he should be starving I am sure... If you want to know why The Police will never get back together as *Sting* has said several times when interviewed... Whats the point? How about a live album of hits where you all share the royalties??? Seems to me Sting didn't play all the parts to all the songs but thats another story...LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLUngurait Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Someone on CNN Healine News broke down what Kevin Garnett will make this basketball season... $23 Million...or $7,000/per minute of game time Do some people make am obscene amount of money...YES Do they deserve it...Who is to say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 The royalties Sting gets for that song are probably not from CD sales, but from airplay that is still taking place. Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundthought Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I have always enjoyed Gordons' music. He is one man that really gets into his music. I can appreciate that for what it is. Does he make too much? Depends on what your comparing his salary to. Compared to me....he does. Compared to some pro sports players....he doesn't. It's all perspective, gentlemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted October 3, 2003 Author Share Posted October 3, 2003 He's sold 90 million albums. So far. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundthought Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 90 million???? Wow. That's quite a few. A friend and I were listening to a Dio "Sacred Heart" album, last night. We got into a discussion about how it could have sold a million copies here in the states. He swears that it was by popularity, alone. Hmmmm. Maybe. I have a tendency to think outside the box on these questions. IMO. The 300,000 partyers that bought it, trashed it out a few times and had to keep rebuying it. ....at least, that's my story. Ha Ha Ha Regards, John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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