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How does a record company pay for making those videos, booking those venues, funding the transport/accommodation for the band and crew, pay for the band's stage gear (instruments, amplification, lighting, staging), paying the road crew's wages, paying the marketing department's wages etc.?

Playing blues this evening. Just had a bit of Mavis Staples, and now onto some Keb' Mo'.

I woke up today to two news stories that infuriate me and signify so much wrong about the modern world. First was a story of a guy who decided to play piano in a public park until his girlfriend took him back. Instead of being seen as a romantic gesture (however flawed) it was a gender issue about men thinking they can own women. Second was the Paul Hollywood headline in the Sun. His crime? Going to a fancy dress party 14 years ago dressed as a Nazi. Why wasn't it an issue back then or when he first became famous? Because no-one cared then. This desperation to be offended at literally everything is a relatively recent phenomenon.