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Hold On To Your Paycheck - On Hanson, money talks and shattered illusions

When it comes to the business side of things, we all know that Our Band heavily relies on merch sales and ‘extra’ events to fund tours, new albums and run their own record label, 3CG. As a fully independent band, they have no corporation behind them to advance money for recording projects or songwriting retreats in a Texan ranch.  We are also all mostly aware that everything Our Band does is, in a way or another, intended to make us part with a more money - whether it’s a Livestream (has your membership expired? Rejoin to watch the Nightcap content!) or an unexpected reply to a PM (awww! He’s so nice! I want to give Hanson another $2,000 now!).  However, the band’s recent interview on Entrepreneur magazine caused a bit of a stir on the forums, as some of us took objection to the wording of some of the guys’ answers. For instance, Zac was quoted saying: “if you make the effort to show up, to give your paycheck to Hanson, that you’re going to get a great experience.” Although th