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Former MEGADETH Bassist Discusses Getting Paid To Play, Live Concert Merchandising

August 26, 2009

Former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist David Ellefson has posted two more episodes in "David Ellefson's Rock Shop", an ongoing YouTube video series hosted by the bassist himself.

In Episode 19, entitled "Getting Paid To Play", David describes the income and expenses of live touring artists and how they make money from live concert performances. An added feature on "Live Concert Merchandising" is also available as Episode 19A. Both episodes can be viewed below.

Ellefson previously stated about his "David Ellefson's Rock Shop"YouTube video series, "I'm always asked questions from fans and other musicians about playing the bass, the business side of our industry, and music in general. So, I decided to create these regular video webisodes as a way to inform and respond to many of those questions."

In addition to numerous gold and platinum records and seven Grammy-nominated works, David is the author of the book "Making Music Your Business" and has two metal bass guitar instructional DVDs through Rock House Method entitled "Metal Bass Vol. 1" and "Vol. 2". He is also a featured bass clinician, keynote speaker and panelist on the subject of music and the music industry.

Previous episodes can be viewed at this location.

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