Musicians earn more from their video games than from albums
mainThat’s the claim being made for the outstandingly business-oriented US band, Aerosmith.
Could it work for classical?
Are there any classical video games?
Where are they?
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In the UK it’s already true that an audio-for-video-game recording session – say an orchestral one – will net each player a multiple of the rate they would receive for recording classical music.
Pretty sure the Philharmonia recorded for the Harry Potter videogame (games??) a few years ago…