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I said it in the past and I'll say it again. If you, as an artist, want to make money with your songs then you'll have to go out on a tour and do a shitload of concerts. Sitting in a booth for a few hours a day, singing a bit and on top of that have someone else edit it together for you does not qualify you to make insane amounts of money for years and years.
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This isn't always the case. You've got to take into consideration the fact that not all musicians conduct their business in that way. There are musicians who spend a great deal of time composing music. A good deal of these musicians also spend a great deal of time learning to play the music. It is also not unheard of for the composer or the performer to produce the piece himself. This takes a lot of time and costs a lot of money. Tours are necessary, because they are (among more sincere things, at least in some cases) good promotional devices and often generate a good amount of profit themselves. However, they are very tiring for the performers, and I think that it would require a lot of stamina to make a living off touring alone.
I think that another thing to take into consideration is the fact that the kind of music that you're talking about is music designed to make profit. The most economically viable route is the one they're going to take. Touring will involve all kinds of extra costs, so doing too many tours would be a bad business move.