The sad news about Bobby Taylor led me to read that he once said royalties wise only the cash he was getting in was a cheque four times a year from the GTA game people for being co-writer for Jackson Sisters "I believe in miracles"

The games industry being a source for artists royalties was interesting, I guess it may be quite a decent amount for the really big sellers?

anyone any idea of sums involved?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 25, 20178 yr by mike

The games industry is worth more than the film and music industry combined, however I would imagine the royalties aren't great.  Most of the music used in games is specially written, so the likes of Rockstar which licences popular music is the exception rather than the rule.  With hundreds of songs used in the latest GTA, I reckon between $5k and $10k per song, depending on the artist.  A lot of older artists will probably just be happy to be featured as it puts their music in front of a new, and massive audience.