I was reading all the interviews in the PPVI booklet on the flight home. I saw different references to a band member's day job, and I got to wondering just how much money bands make.
Without getting into dollars and cents, I'd like to know which bands are able to support themselves as full time musicians, and which ones have to work second (non-music related) jobs. Lars of Manticora mentioned that both he and Michael Eriksen of Circus Maximus are personal trainers. I heard over the weekend that DC Cooper is a firefighter in Pittsburgh.
Obviously the small bands such as Stride are working day jobs, but what about the bigger ones that have numerous albums, but aren't on the level of a Dream Theater or a Judas Priest? I'm thinking about bands at the level of Nightwish, Fates Warning, Iced Earth, Kamelot or Edguy, for example.
Steve in Philly
Without getting into dollars and cents, I'd like to know which bands are able to support themselves as full time musicians, and which ones have to work second (non-music related) jobs. Lars of Manticora mentioned that both he and Michael Eriksen of Circus Maximus are personal trainers. I heard over the weekend that DC Cooper is a firefighter in Pittsburgh.
Obviously the small bands such as Stride are working day jobs, but what about the bigger ones that have numerous albums, but aren't on the level of a Dream Theater or a Judas Priest? I'm thinking about bands at the level of Nightwish, Fates Warning, Iced Earth, Kamelot or Edguy, for example.
Steve in Philly