#Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits — Medium
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We lost $11,819 [on the tour].
But this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have played a duo show instead of hiring six people to tour with us. That would have saved us over $50,000, but it was important at this stage in Pomplamoose’s career to put on a wild and crazy rock show. We wanted to be invited back to every venue, and we wanted our fans to bring their friends next time. The loss was an investment in future tours.
Crowdsurfing somewhere in the middle of the country.
Rock and Roll.
At the end of the day, Pomplamoose is just fine: our #patrons give us $6,326 per video through our #Patreon page. We sell about $5,000 of music per month through #iTunes and #Loudr. After all of our expenses (yes, making music videos professionally is expensive), Nataly and I each draw a #salary of about #$2500 per #month from Pomplamoose. What’s left gets reinvested in the band
We’re entering a new era in history: the space between “starving artist” and “rich and famous” is beginning to collapse. #YouTube has signed up over a million partners (people who agree to run ads over their videos to make money from their content). The “#creative_class” is no longer emerging: it’s here, now.
We, the creative class, are finding ways to make a living making #music, drawing webcomics, writing articles, coding games, recording podcasts. Most people don’t know our names or faces. We are not on magazine covers at the grocery store. We are not rich, and we are not famous.
We are the mom and pop corner store version of “the dream.” If Lady Gaga is McDonald’s, we’re Betty’s Diner. And we’re open 24/7.
We have not “made it.” We’re making it.
Jack Conte