big time producers are making bank

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

Famous songwriters can make an astounding sum of money a month.

On a broadcast of Seungseung Jang-gu (On A Roll) on KBS2 on October 25th, some of the most famous songwriters and producers were featured: A Brave Brother, Shinsadong Tiger.

Gahee of After School was a surprise guest, and she revealed a past conversation she had with a Brave Brother regarding his monthly salary. She had asked him how much he made a month, to receive a vague answer of "Two bills!". She pressed further, "2 million won?" (roughly $1,800). The Brave Brother scoffed, "Are you kidding me?!" Gahee revealed that she thinks he had meant not even just 200 million won (roughly $175,000), but 2 billion won (roughly $1.8 million).

On the show, the Brave Brother admitted to earning about 5 billion won (about $4.4 million) over the past four years. This is after various production costs are subtracted from his gross monthly pay.

As for Shinsadong Tiger, he joked that if he were to reveal his pay on air, his parents would end up depending on him too much. He did admit during a particularly well-paid month, he would earn about 100 million won (roughly $88,000). But he said it comes with a price, as if he were to take even a day off, his monthly pay would shrink considerably.

When both producers were asked which songs brought in the most money for them, the Brave Brother answered with Son Dambi's "On A Saturday Night" and After School's "Because Of You". Shinsadong Tiger answered with T-ara's "Bo Peep Bo Peep", Beast's "Fiction", and 4minute's "Music". He then added that when Kim Jong-gook's "Pick Her Up" was chosen to be used in a commercial, it was worth several songs.

source: KBS Global

Comments

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

I like their stuff, alot.

the Brave Brother answered with Son Dambi's "On A Saturday Night" and After School's "Because Of You"
BOY, really? Now that's a nice surprise. I was expecting him to mention a BigBang song, but I guess GD gets more money off of those.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

This is just one side of the coin, we're talking about two of the most successful composers in Korea, plenty of them don't make much. But I'm happy for them, they both work hard even if BoPeep came to ST on a toilet roll.

[donglover.livejournal.com]

he's gonna fuck up the brave girls :(

[maximumtimo.livejournal.com]

hasn't he already done so :/

[suzieeq-luv.livejournal.com]

havent liked a song of theirs yet...

[miki-831.livejournal.com]

it's good to be them

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

I wonder how much Teddy Park makes.

[heysupbro.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of money for a lot of recycling

[annhh.livejournal.com]

indeed

[ifuaskedmeto.livejournal.com]

lol

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

She pressed further, "2 million won?" (roughly $1,800)

lol kahi, he's not an idol.

[bmo.livejournal.com]

LMFAO mte.

[chunsakuma.livejournal.com]

LOL A+

[lonelymoon.livejournal.com]

So sad, so true.

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

"He did admit during a particularly well-paid month, he would earn about 100 million won (roughly $88,000). But he said it comes with a price, as if he were to take even a day off, his monthly pay would shrink considerably.

So basically he's making a load of money but has no time to spend any of it or do anything else? Sounds rather sad to me :(

[kiwilovekiwi.livejournal.com]

Wish I could spend all that money for him :/

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

I could offer to help him out too...do you think he'd consider us?? hehe

[bmo.livejournal.com]

hi brave brothers please give AS a good song to work with... not something like the crappy song u gave AS Red (even tho i jam 2 it every once in a while B')!)

[streetliights.livejournal.com]

Well this is a nice change for an article. I'm so used to idols/producers making next to nothing. Good for them.

[chunsakuma.livejournal.com]

Brave Brother admitted to earning about 5 billion won (about $4.4 million) over the past four years.

I guess NH Media isn't as cheap as I thought... LOL JK

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

LOL.

[kiwilovekiwi.livejournal.com]

I don't like some of the songs they produced but it's good to know they're well paid for their work. Bo beep .... is the silliest song ever by S.Tiger .... but I admit I love jamming to it. ^^

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

i thought sistar would've been brave brother's bestsellers. they do good on digital charts, neh? maybe he doesn't get that much share.

[ebbin-glow.livejournal.com]

if bo peep etc made them such money. how about gd? lies, haru haru, heartbreaker etc. hes rolling in cash, so is teddy.

i hope jyj gets to roll in cash now that they are producing their own music. yc can be changing his audi or wadever again soon lol.