LOL .. i like your math. $520,000? Let's see.
$520,000 for that 1 year.
-$100,000 for the promotions of that CD
-$100,000 for that cool music video
-$50,000 for that worthless sound guy for a year
-$25,000 for royalties for that singer assuming he gets 5% (I'm not a singer but I'm thinking that is generous)
-$50,000 for that guy who writes the music and not sing it
-$40,000 for those pesky transportation cost to get that singer to the public.
I could keep going, but you see the point. That $520,000 song is only good for a year and the singer isn't the only one getting paid. In the end there won't be enough money to make that next popular song because it barely breaks even.
Movie production has the same reasoning.
I'll give you the concert and movie theatre experience, and in the end people will still want to enjoy that experience and pay for it. So, there will be less content, but you and I will have to spend a lot more time looking for it.
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