[dehrmann]

> I only have a vague idea of how the music industry works

It's like startups. Someone pays some 20-somethings to work themselves to death on their passion project. Most fail fast, some are notable, and a few are runaway successes.

[divbzero]

However, the equity split differs substantially, as cyberferret describes in a sibling comment. [1]

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21542473