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Originally Posted by kane
Marie Digby signed with Hollywood Records which is owned by Disney.
Sick Puppy signed with Virgin records, one of the largest record labels on the planet.
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marie digby was in development hell until she covered her way into a full record contract, it was the best she could do after signing the commitment letter
sick puppy had a similar problem, so arguing that it proves your point is not a valid arguement.
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I remember you talking about these guys and how they said they got made more money with you than the record label.
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i was there when the reps were promising the guys all the stuff they could do i believed them too, that why i agreed that to help them get signed. I found out how much of a screw job the record companies do when they did stupid shit like replacing the seo html site with flash site that was pretty. Either they were totally clueless (which i doubt) or they wanted to cut the source of free traffic so the band would be dependent on chargable promotion services (which they controlled).
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So if small success is so freaking fantastic why are all of the internet darlings who are reaping the benefits of 90% profits and total freedom not to mention world wide exposure they are getting on the internet racing to sign with major labels?
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do you think they are taking the same screw job contract offers. record companies are giving exclusion for youtube and myspace /bit torrent so they get the best of both world, 10% of the market they can't reach, and 100% of the market they know how to establish.
You would be stupid not to take that kind of deal, because the 10% is free money.
granted there are still artist who get suckered into the lie that the record company way is the only way (your arguing that now btw) and will give them the complete control they want without any contract reversal points, but the smart artist are learning how to negotiate those points into the contract.
but that you reason the smart artist are negotating better deals leveraging their success to use the record companies to get free money they would not normally be able to get.
The stupid ones are suckered into believing the bullshit arguement you keep spouting as justification.