Grumpy Old Geeks Topics Musicians' income Topic Musicians' income 2 mentions in 1 episode The hosts discuss falling returns for established musicians and incentives to write hit songs. Mentions 88: I Want My Four Dollars! Dec 12, 2014 17:32 Bands that have traditionally made X amount of money ... aren't anymore. 19:15 Now the only way to make money is to have a hit single.