S Club 7 are reforming

blackwhite

munchkin_utd wrote: »

to be honest, £80k per year is substantially more than the average wage and way more than the average struggling musician would make from their musical activity.
Plus, if they are getting the wage and other expenses are covered, they arent doing all that bad
(leaving aside that the record company who invest multiples of that in promotion, videos, merchandise and tours do make a packet if things go right)

£80k per year for 6/7 years sure sounds nice.

But not so nice if you've given up your education to go into music, and are left with bugger all else way of generating an income for yourself once the short-lived music career has died.

And especially not so nice if the "band" you perform in is making millions in profits for somebody else (the profits - not revenues, actual profits - that were made from the band were supposedly in excess of £10m.

Generally for these kinds of bands the record company will always make the lion's share of the profits from record sales, merchandising and similar, but the touring, appearances and various concerts are where the band will make the money that will hopefully see them through when their star starts to fall.
S Club were always seen as an aberration in that the deal that they were signed to stopped them even being able to do that.

fxotoole

Still would not bang

fxotoole

fxotoole wrote: »

Still would not bang

I take that back.

I would DESTROY the brunette wan

Bipolar Joe

KungPao wrote: »

Awful group, almost as bad as Steps.

But the brunette one, Tina, oh yes.

I thought they were the same band until right now.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Who are they marketing themselves towards in 2014?

cloud493

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Who are they marketing themselves towards in 2014?

People like me who are blinded by nostalgia.

wazky

cloud493 wrote: »

People like me who are blinded by nostalgia.

Blind and deaf you mean

Rough Sleeper

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Who are they marketing themselves towards in 2014?

Young-to middle-aged female office workers whose taste in music abruptly stopped maturing at age 12.

Laois6556

Rough Sleeper wrote: »

Young-to middle-aged female office workers whose taste in music abruptly stopped maturing at age 12.

S club have some very deep and meaningful songs. They speak to me.
A song like Natural for example, it's a classic love song. Look at this genious:
Baby lovin you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry.

You just don't get them. I'm not a middle aged female office worker either.

dan185

In unfortunately similar news, H from Steps has passed away

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