Album sales.
Amateurs do not earn money off music.
musicians
Well, it depends. Usually more people the more money musician$ can get.
The average musician makes 66,000 dollars a year. Although most musicians do not make enough salary to really live on.
musicians make a lot of moolah
By performing "gigs" (concerts, programs, etc). Some musicians are part of a popular touring group - they earn their living from many many hours of work performing. Other musicians earn a living as a church musician, which offers steady work every week.
You can't. Sorry. Musicians gotta make money just as much as you do. Oh well.
In some cases, like with Pandora, although you pay nothing, advertisers pay to show their ads, and when those ads are shown, the musicians gets paid a small amount. However, in many cases, the music is illegally uploaded to youtube and other such sites. In these situations, the musicians do lose money. They can still make some, because some people will buy the music anyway, or will buy a CD with a number of that musician's songs on it. EDIT: Actually, They can also make money on Youtube, too, but only if they are the ones who post it, and use Vevo.
Musicians make around $62,000 a year which is a little higher than the national average. Musicians in New York and California that are working can make much more.
Harmony Central is a community for musicians and performers available online. The website claims to have over 300,000 members, with the majority being musicians of some sort. Some members may be those only interested in the technical aspects of music, but the largest portion of membership are musicians and singers.
The majority of the Intangible
About three musicians. Why make things complicated?