Are Bands REALLY Being TRUTHFULL About Merch Fees?

Bands paying Merchandise Fees to venues is a HUGE topic right now, with tons of different people weighing in on the subject. But are bands being entirely truthful about it? In this video I take a few recent situations and break them down and try and explain what is actually going on from the viewpoint of a former touring merch manager.

00:00 Intro
02:06 My Merchandise Background
04:02 Monuments' 47% "Merch Fee"
06:32 Tax Is Not A Merch Fee
09:39 Monuments Settled Their Merch Wrong
14:53 Bands Saying Merch Fees Are Theft...
16:19 ...But It's In Their Contract
19:13 My Opinion/Experience
24:52 How Do We Fix This For Everyone?
26:40 Outro

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