FM Still Raking It In...
 

What the hell does "paucity" mean? I need to know whether to be excited or pissed... ;) :laugh:

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Money Makers: Rolling Stone's 2004's Top 50 Earners List

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...region=single2

#33. Fleetwood Mac - $17.2 MILLION

ON THE ROAD Fleetwood Mac earned $28 million in thirty-eight tour dates -- despite a paucity of sellouts.

ON CD Fans bought 620,000 back catalog CDs, with The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac leading sales.

Last year's rank: 12

ok, I haven't read it yet, but I suggest...excited and pissed! yes, the best of both worlds! :lol:
ok, now I'll read it...

ok, now I have read it - I can't believe all those tools made more than FM!!!
well, they're not all tools, but still.

Paucity means scarcity, or lack of. FM had a lack of sell outs.

-Lis

Have you read the list, or just my snippet? Musicians make money in really really weird ways. Especially the U2 one ... "ON THE SIDE Apple and U2 are reportedly splitting a fifty-dollar markup placed on a U2-branded iPod." An extra $50 for the iPod to say U2 (or whateva)? I think I'd rather just grab the nearest Sharpie instead...

Thanks Lis! That's what I guessed in context, but just couldn't get my mind to accept that it wasn't a synonym for "plethora". :laugh:

uh...I skimmed the list, as is my usual proclivity. But I agree with you, about the U2 thing. Whatev.

I like a lot of them. :lol: Glad to see Prince, Bette, Norah Jones, and Bowie on there.

The U2 ipod is kind of a cool deal IMO really..

it includes a U2 poster, a $50 coupon to use on The Complete U2... It has 400 U2 tracks, including 25 actual rare and unreleased tracks..


I was surprised they made that much in 2004 actually, considering how much they made in 2003, I assumed they would be paid somewhat less..if their net income for 04 was 17.2 mill (according to RS this estimate is AFTER all expenses including managers, lawyers, recording fees, etc are paid), they would have made around 610k per night...not bad for like the 4th leg or whatever it was...of course I dont know if this 17.2 mill figure is including the said 650k+ in record sales from their catelog they received for the year 2004--so

Chris

Yes, it means everything, including CD sales of their back catelogue. It mentioned that The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac was the best seller. I assume that Rumours also is still selling a decent amount of CDs too.

Wait - you mean the iPod comes loaded with 400 U2 tracks, or they give you a coupon for $50 off the box set (or whatever) that has 400 tracks...?

I saw reports about the U2 iPod last fall when it came out, but it was just an announcement showing it was a different color, really. Didn't give any details.

And, yes, I probably would pay extra for a Mac/Stevie iPod if such a thing were offered. I was just being snarky about the Sharpie. :nod: :laugh:

A $50 coupon for the Complete U2 digital download from iTunes Music Store. The collection costs like... expensiveness, hence the coupon. The point is, I believe, if they had preloaded it, you couldn't have it on your computer too.

The U2 iPod is Black and Red, and features autographs of the band on the back.

Waaaaiiiittt...I don't care about U2 - but a black and red Ipod? that's what I've been hoping for! Since they came out, I've been thinking that I want a black ipod, and why didn't they make them, etc. and with red? even better!
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I totally would buy this iPod if FM did one. Or even Stevie, or Lindsey or Christine or anyone. Who cares LOL. I got one for Christmas, but that's okay I would still save up to get it! :D

Hell yeah matey!!! especially a Lindsey one! :]

I noticed you were being snarky, and that's OK. But, for big U2 fans like myself, the U2 iPod was very exciting. Especially being that I already wanted an iPod. I have the U2 iPod, and I love it. I got the Complete U2 with the $50 off - that's $100 for about 400 songs, a good deal in my opinion. And I happen to love the engraved signatures on the back. The red and black is also very cool.
I hope a Fleetwood Mac iPod doesn't come out - cause I'd be tempted to get that too.

Are the songs already on the IPod? If you have to download them I would rather just buy the CDs. I was just wondering just incase Fleetwood Mac ever decided to do this. :lol:

I don't know IPods just don't interest me. :shrug:

Well, I bought one last weeekend and LOVE it. They are very useful in the sense that you can have like 5,000 songs on the 20 GB one, which is the one I have. I bought the auto adapter that broadcasts to any FM frequency. I no longer have to be limited to a CD in the changer. And - at the gym, I can go from MeatLoaf (at the gym :laugh: ) to the Madison version of Sara. So, I love mine.

Ooh - that's pretty cool that it broadcasts to your radio. I've always had a single-CD player in the car (never a CD-changer) and can't even count the number of times I've almost crashed trying to maneuver a new disc into the slot.

But I'm confused about iPods & the like -- they don't use mp3s? What file format do you download and transfer to the pod? :shrug:

You're already a U2 fan, so didn't you have most of these songs already? Couldn't you have just transferred what you have, and bought the tracks you didn't have, and saved even more money? :shrug:

(Still confused about how iPods work -- see above post...)

I loaded all of my mp3 onto it. You have to install the I Tunes program and then copy (not transfer) all of your mp3's to it, which it will do automatically if you tell it to. So, I can use other programs like MusicMatch to play the mp3's. So, I think it plays mp3's. You can also tick a CD in the comp. and it will upload those into the ITunes format.

So it's an alternate way to listen to illegal dowloads instead of buring them to a CDR? :laugh:

I have a Dell DJ and in my opinion it is better than the iPod.

For starters, the 20GB Dell DJ is selling now for $224 and it has free shipping and comes with the transmitter for your car. That is a great deal and they are now the same size as the iPod too. They only come in one color which grey but they look so much nicer than the iPod. Also they take .mp3, .wav (and some other formats) so you can upload all those bootlegged tracks or whatever to your DJ from your home computer. You can dowload this Dell Explorer program too which makes it so that you can take all the music on your DJ and transfer it to your computer. This is great because there are times when I download songs onto my DJ from my work computer and then I can go home and put those songs on my PC. Dell has great customer service too because anytime I had problems with my headphones they sent me a new pair in a couple of days and I didnt have to pay anything for them.

Wise Ass :xoxo:

and - for your information, I bought every last one of the commercially available things :wavey:

You have to really like music to like iPods, IMO :nod:

I just want one b/c I normally use my CD player while exercising or walking to do errands, and it's a pain in the bun, compared to having an ipod.

:lol:
Well, sure, some people have called it that, but those people know me a lot better than you do, and I was actually just referring to my ass. :laugh:

I take a bus to school everyday and it's only like 15 minute ride but I have to have my music. I was sick of having to listen to a CD and listen to the songs over and over. Atleast with this I can listen to any song I want to :) My iPod always stays in my purse at school... It goes everywhere with me :)

Didn't most girls in your highschool have a purse to carry their stuff in? I think I usually just had it in my bag, but sometimes a had a purse, too.

I think most girls usually carried makeup, money, pens, gum, carkeys, and things like that in their purses.

Ah! I can't believe you couldn't have makeup or gum. How strange. Most of my pants don't have pockets, much to my chagrin, and I don't have a car, so most of my sh** is in a big ol backpack. Of course, I have a separate "small purse which is designed to hold all my various identifying cards, in one place, and money, and lipgloss. :D

Yes, I have all their songs on record, tape, CD and on my computer. But The Complete U2 was what Bono was calling the "Digital Box Set", and if they had come out with a box set, I would have bought that anyway. So I see no real difference. Plus, the Box set came with unreleased songs that only came with the whole set. Another reason why I wouldv'e bought it anyway.

I see where you're coming from Lux. My high school didn't allow purses either. Well, we also had to wear uniform socks. Public school seemed so free in comparison.

That's just it. I really have no need for it myself. I can't see myself downloading all of those songs either. :shrug: I guess that it is just a matter of preference. I was never even a big Walkman fan either, back in the day.

Well, it was free! $ :p I guess your parents payed for the priveledge of wearing those uniform socks, though. As a comparative alternative to private school, my mom moved to a wealthy county with a good school system, and bought me so few clothes that I might as well have been wearing a uniform... :laugh:

I tend to go to the gym for over an hour these days. I think the shufle button is great when you have like 3,000 songs to choose from in that random play. So, I like it for that. I have had Walkmans, individual CD players, and mp3 players that could hold like 30 songs - all of then were limited and the IPod is not. So, I like it and it works for me!!!! :D

Exactamundo, my friend. And congrats on your Gym ness - pretty soon you'll be too sexy for me. ;)

I was VERY pumped this week when I discovered I could fit into a whole part of my wardrobe that I have not worn in years - admittedly they did not fit very well, but they fit :shrug: I never really want to be 190 pounds again, which is around what I was in those pics., but 210 would be nice :nod: and I am about 25 or so pounds from that. At that weight, I move into all of my wardrobe - which includes all these suits and sports coats that cost me a FORTUNE or were given to me.

In fact, tonight, I went out to meet a friend and it was the first time I had seen him since NYE. He was like - hello where are you - you look great :laugh: I was a little scared of being in that rest. because they serve the BEST crabmeat rangoons in town, but I resisted and had sushi instead. Then, we walked around the local area, which was hoppin' - so I am glad I did not give into the temptation of that food. I am saving that reward for the poporn when I see Constantine tommorow :laugh: I wish I could have both - but I cannot right now.

Anyway - what a ramble :laugh: I am just proud of myself - that is all.

That's great, Strandelah, and I believe I congratulated you before and called you a stud muff. I'm so jeal, my weight is not really coming off in the way i had hoped. Luckily, i'm still fab. :laugh: I admire your small modicum of self control w/ the rangoons. Ramble forgiven.

Everyone in high school carries a purse...Well all the girls atleast LOL. No one carries a backpack or anything anymore, I use my purse for like pens and pencils and everything.