Video from Bret's last party with the boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyMXahpRVV4
Those are posers. We do the song much better.
Yeah but they got paid more.
Not as much more as people would think.
Advertising is what I do, I have a general idea. As 'actors' in a national commercial, I'll still go with more than you with regards to 'playing music'!
EDIT: But generally speaking, no, these commercial actors are not 'rich'. It's a hell of a way to grind out a living.
I know it's what you do, that's why I pointed it out.
On average, I net about $75/hour playing music. That's because of some rare and unique circumstances - namely that one of my bands is very, very good and a lot of rich people know us and book us for weddings, corporate parties, etc. And we only play a few times a year.
If I was trying to make a living at it, that average would drop to about $10/hour and I'd be busting my ass. It's feast or famine. If I could put the "good" band on the road, and have us playing every week, we could probably make pretty good money. But the road will kill you and none of us wants to do it. We like being the best band you never heard of.
So yeah, a commercial actor (celebrities don't count) can make more money, if they're getting SAG rates. But break it down per hour invested and it's not that much more. And I have an easier time getting gigs.
