http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/05/137530847/how-much -does-it-cost-to-make-a-hit-song

Here's a graph from the site for those too lazy to visit or read.

"Not only that, the vocal producer has to deal with the artist's rider. The rider is whatever the artist needs to get them in the mood to get into the booth and sing.

"They'll have strobe lights, incense burning, doves flying around the studio," she says. (Yes, Riddick has had doves circling her head while she's working.)

Rihanna is "very focused" Riddick says. So no doves.

Riddick's fee starts at $10,000 to $15,000 per song, she says.

The last step is mixing and mastering the song, which costs another $10,000 to $15,000, according to Daniels."



I wonder what requirements a person needs to get this job ?

Welcome to 1988 ha-ha. And goodbye bloated "industry". These days, promotion would be 90% of the cost. And I can't imagine someone putting up even $200K short of an already made-name. I wouldn't. *shrug*

$606.17

damn need a catchier thread title because I guess people don't give a shit that pop music is manufactured like a McDonald's meal.

You can stand under my um-ber-ella
ella
ella
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eh
eh
under my um-ber-ella
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ella
eh
eh
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eh eh

Well worth the cost.

If they didn't included the cost for:

2 smashed hotel rooms
10 grams of the artists favorite dope
2 lawyers for at least
1 court trial
1 divorce because of
3 mistresses (what's the male equivalent of that? Misters? )

Then this list isn't complete.

It's not that people don't give a shit, it's just that it's no secret, no surprise. The depressing part of it is the massive amounts spent on marketing - the business admitting that their product won't sell unless they brainwash people into thinking they like it.

I don't care what anyone says,that is one of the best pop songs recorded ever.