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Digit
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Digit
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08/13/2004 4:24 am
Hard to say.
Gold and Platinum in Canada isn't the same number as the U.S. Tours usually break even or lose money and royalties on 20 year old albums that everybody already has can't be a whole lot.

I just remember reading all these horror stories about musicians from Canada making it big and ending up with little or nothing to show for it.
I'm only quoting from old memories but I think I read somewhere that Rush didn't start making money until their 5th or 6th album. I vaguely remember reading about a Toronto band that was pretty big (Breakfast Club?) and in the interview the female lead singer was still living in a one room apartment over a store. A Juno award for one band was up for sale in a pawn shop for $55 and most people I know would refer to them as Celine Dion door stops.