Quote Originally Posted by EaglesKiwi View Post
He has a valid point about them being independent contractors. The law in NZ has been pretty thoroughly tested on employee vs contractor in various industries - is it as clear cut in the US?

I'd also be interested to see how much artists make/have made in the past from actual record sales vs touring, merchandise, and other endorsement type activity... and how much the artists get vs the record labels. Is that sort of info published anywhere?
Good questions that I don't have the answers to. I once tried to look up those figures regarding revenue stream percentiles for a question LTL had posted a while back, and they're surprisingly hard to find in any specifics - just lots of vague "Most of the money is made by touring" type statements. I do remember an interesting quote from Glenn - he said their iTunes royalties added up to the equivalent of the amount of money the Eagles made in "39 minutes on stage in Kansas City."