Are Bands REALLY Being TRUTHFULL About Merch Fees?

Bands paying Merchandise Fees to venues is a HUGE topic right now, with tons of different people weighing in on the subject. But are bands being entirely truthful about it? In this video I take a few recent situations and break them down and try and explain what is actually going on from the viewpoint of a former touring merch manager. 00:00 Intro 02:06 My Merchandise Background 04:02 Monuments' 47% "Merch Fee" 06:32 Tax Is Not A Merch Fee 09:39 Monuments Settled Their Merch Wrong 14:53 Bands Saying Merch Fees Are Theft... 16:19 ...But It's In Their Contract 19:13 My Opinion/Experience 24:52 How Do We Fix This For Everyone? 26:40 Outro ---------- FOLLOW ON SOCIALS/SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: The Back Lounge Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/tankthetech/ Instagram:   / tankthetech   Facebook:   / tankthetechofficial   Twitter:   / tankthetech   Twitch:   / tankthetech   Discord Channel:   / discord   YouTube:    / tankthetech   Merchandise: https://tankthetechmerch.com Patreon:   / tankthetech   Donate on PayPal: https://paypal.me/tankthetech ---------- Follow my created streaming playlists all of the music featured on my channel: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LN... Apple Music:   / roadie-reactions-playlist   ---------- #architects #monuments #roadiereactions #tankthetech