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	[quote name="The Happiness Engine"][quote]Palmer raised a hefty seven figure pile of cash on Kickstarter to bankroll a "record, art book and tour" with her sci-fi writer spouse, so she's not short of the ready. Gaiman's name naturally raised her profile with comic book fans. Everyone got paid for their work: producers, manufacturing and distribution companies, graphic artists, two full-time staff, designers, printers and publicists, Kickstarter and Amazon – everyone, in fact, except the people she could get away with not paying: the backing musicians. An informed estimate from musician and songwriter David Lowery suggested that revenues from playing 1,200-capacity venues gross between $30,000 and $60,000 per night, which is more than the $2,300 to $3,500 required to pay an eight-piece horn and string section at union rates. Other estimates suggest a four piece would not have cost her much more than $500 per night. Either way, real money was on the table. “It's cheapness repainted as generosity, and it's gross,” producer and industry critic Steve Albini told music paper The Stool Pigeon. [/quote]Yeah, musicians don't make shit, even when they get paid.[/quote]