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The Traditional Exclusive Music Biz
Contract
If you were an
artist recording your own songs, and somehow attracted the
attention of national record companies, you would most often
be offered an "exclusive" deal. By "exclusive," we mean
that you can only record for that record company for the next
five to seven years. By "exclusive" we mean that the
record company's associated publishing company will control
your copyrights (and keep 50% of the royalty money) for the
rest of your life. The company will assure you that "it
knows best" of how to promote and sell records and get you as
rich as possible - you will only have to take care of making
music and they will handle all of the business. They'll
put some money in your hands to show you that they mean
business and they will promise that they will invest "a
million dollars"
into getting your product out and selling.
You need to learn to recognize it when someone slings the
waste product of male cows at you in this
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