So you signed a million dollar deal with a record label...

[George K]

@Larry said in So you signed a million dollar deal with a record label...:

Tritt once asked me to go on tour with him. "I'll pay you 250.00 a week...."

I laughed...

$250 a week?

When was that? Like, 1962?

[Horace]

That's the going rate for the guys who scan the crowds for talented women and give them backstage passes.

[Larry]

Back into the studio:

Bear in mind that instruments are recorded on separate tracks. So they have all the individual tracks from the demo, plus all the individual tracks from the final cut. During the mix down, after all the musicians are long gone, the producers will pick the tracks they want to use. They might even bring in a new player and cut a new track if none of the existing tracks satisfy them. For instance, Ray Bass Man plays the bass on the demo, Billy Bobcat plays the bass on the final cut. They might end up using Day's bass track, they might use Billy's track, they might make a blend of the both of them, or they might bring in Chico Jones to play a new track.

[Jolly]

BTW, that brings up something else...Sidemen.

Some of my wife's family have worked as sidemen in the biz. Dennis played for Bill Monroe, Nick played for the Dixie Chicks. Gene played for Loretta for many years.

Dennis went back to being a plumber, Nick works for the city of Austin. Neither made what would be considered good money by being on the road.

Gene was the only one who made a living and I bet he never figured out what it actually paid him per hour...

[Larry]

That's why I've never taken a touring job, and why I've preferred to stay in the background of the sausage making. I made good money.. still do.......

[Larry]

@George-K said in So you signed a million dollar deal with a record label...:

@Larry said in So you signed a million dollar deal with a record label...:

Tritt once asked me to go on tour with him. "I'll pay you 250.00 a week...."

I laughed...

$250 a week?

When was that? Like, 1962?

1992. He was signed to War er, same as me....

[George K]

@Larry said in So you signed a million dollar deal with a record label...:

1992. He was signed to War er, same as me....

Well, that's different. That's almost $475 in today's dollars.

And you didn't snap it up? Wow.

[Horace]

Yeah but how many shares of Apple could have been bought.

[Loki]

Great read.

[taiwan_girl]

@Larry Thanks for sharing. I had no idea how that worked. Intersting!!

[Axtremus]

@Horace said in So you signed a million dollar deal with a record label...:

Yeah but how many shares of Apple could have been bought.

Adjusted for splits, Apple stock had an average price of about 0.4893 USD per share.
$250 per week translates to about 511 shares of (post-split) Apple stock per week in 1992.
Today (2020-10-16), 511 shares of Apple stock is worth about 29,800 USD.