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Originally Posted by kane
Buy a a book called "So you want to be a rock star." It is a great story of an unknown band getting signed and getting some hit songs. You might learn something.
Second, learn the simple reality that every record contract is different. A band like Aerosmith signed a 4 album $40 million dollar deal. They get $10 million in advance money per album. At that level they would need to sell around 10 million copies of the album just to make their advance back never mind the costs of production and promotion. Yet they go on tour and make millions. The reason they sign the big deal is that they know they can't sell that many records so they want to get as much money up front as possible then cash in on tour. But, of course, you have read every single contract for ever single act ever signed and know every detail of those contracts so I'm sure you will explain how I am wrong. Another example is Rihanna. Right now she is one of the biggest acts in the world and she recently fired a bunch of people and sicked lawyers on her label because she found out even after selling all these albums and concert tickets and ringtones etc that she has made only around $20,000 in royalties. . . yet somehow she just bought an 8 million dollar house. But shouldn't all of that money gone to the label? Please Gideon, you know ever contract. How did that happen?
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you realize that 20k
after paying back all expenses right
you can't understand how her massive advance paid for the house then you really are stupid
regardless
that doesn't meet your made up example
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Originally Posted by gideongallery
you keep accusing me of pulling number out of my ass
tell you what why don't you find one artist who performed in one 25,000 person stadium and not paid back the production cost of their album
the situation your talking about hasn't happened yet, the guys who made it big enough to do those massive tours are all the extreme rare success stories who actually covered cost
most artist how don't cover cost find their album locked in a vault and find they are legally prohibited from performing their shit live because they no longer own the copyright
this kind of bullshit pipe dream the worst thing you can do to an artist because you make them believe that the screw job they are getting is some how fair
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two simple conditions
1. don't cover advance and production cost
2. go from rinky dink to playing just 1 25k stadium.
go