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zombola
01-04-2015, 04:12 PM
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Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour guitarist Mike Schleibaum posted this photo to Facebook with a cheque for a single penny. It would’ve cost more to print and ship the damn thing. “This is what we call, “BIG TIME!,” he wrote on Facebook.


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Isis
How much does it pay to be in an instrumental post-metal band? According to Isis / Palms member Aaron Harris, not much. He posted the photo above, and told lombgoat that upon receiving a cheque, "I usually laugh, tear it up, and throw it away."


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Brian T. Murphy
Surprisingly, Brooklyn-based musician Brian T. Murphy, who runs Quarter Rest Studios, a studio providing music to bands, advertisements, and films, did better than Darkest Hour. Murphy, in fact, earned a full 182 times more—he got a sweet $1.82 in the


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Camper Van Beethoven
David Byrne and Thom Yorke have decried the injustices of services like Spotify and Pandora, and they weren't wrong: Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery shared the above pic, which displayed that "Low" was Cracker's "Low" was played over a million times on Pandora, and the band was only paid $42.25


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Bryan Ray
Austin-based Bryan Ray works for 5th Street Studios, who've recorded excellent independent artists like Zorch and White Denim. For his efforts—presumably as a session player—Ray posted this photo on Twitter of a cheque worth four piddly cents.


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Janis Ian
Nashville's Janis Ian has nine Grammy nominations and two songs in the Grammys hall of fame—she's a songwriter, touring musician, and children's author. She also received a royalty cheque worth a single penny.


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Trivium
Trivium is a giant name in heavy music, and it shows: Matt Heafy posted a check worth $1.31, which is almost Camper Van Beethoven money.