Comments on: If You Really Want To Sign A Record Deal… http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/ Indie Music Blog - Independent Music News and Reviews Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: kathleen9845 http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-30624 kathleen9845 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:27:13 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-30624 Sometimes signing a contract deal to those well known label company is resulting in a disband of some bands. Why? because of greed. Friendship will lost, as we all know that some bands out there are a group of friends who play just for fun and suddenly break that relationship because of problems and issues. Sometimes signing a contract deal to those well known label company is resulting in a disband of some bands. Why? because of greed. Friendship will lost, as we all know that some bands out there are a group of friends who play just for fun and suddenly break that relationship because of problems and issues.

]]> By: Maylin http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-30309 Maylin Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:53:13 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-30309 right Shadow. not only in the music industry, but also on other jobs. if you will work for a company, they will really own you because they have a contract for you to sign. and if you did sign it, it means that you are already owned by them and that you will do everything that was in the contract. right Shadow. not only in the music industry, but also on other jobs. if you will work for a company, they will really own you because they have a contract for you to sign. and if you did sign it, it means that you are already owned by them and that you will do everything that was in the contract.

]]> By: Maylin http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-30308 Maylin Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:51:16 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-30308 I agree with you attagirl. signing a contract takes a lot of time to think about. if you have signed it, you should follow what are in the contract. and that is how businesses run it. and we can not do anything about that because it is part of the contract. you are right that some engages on drugs because of this. I agree with you attagirl. signing a contract takes a lot of time to think about. if you have signed it, you should follow what are in the contract. and that is how businesses run it. and we can not do anything about that because it is part of the contract. you are right that some engages on drugs because of this.

]]> By: Maylin http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-30307 Maylin Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:48:39 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-30307 Hi Leighdu, yeah, we really need to read first before getting into it. this article has a lot to say and this is good for many amateur artists and bands. they should be aware of this for them not to get involved in this kind of stuff in the future. Hi Leighdu, yeah, we really need to read first before getting into it. this article has a lot to say and this is good for many amateur artists and bands. they should be aware of this for them not to get involved in this kind of stuff in the future.

]]> By: Froix http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-30266 Froix Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:05:19 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-30266 Nice article on the reality of the music industry. This is something all striving artists should know about, that there's another way for them to get their music out to the public. Thanks to the internet Indie Music is now growing fast. I hope more popular artists will support Independent labels. Nice article on the reality of the music industry. This is something all striving artists should know about, that there’s another way for them to get their music out to the public. Thanks to the internet Indie Music is now growing fast. I hope more popular artists will support Independent labels.

]]> By: attagirl http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-29497 attagirl Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:36:47 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-29497 It is never about them gambling their money on you. Business would never survive that way. This is why people are dropped in the middle of contracts. They just cannot fulfill their part of the contract and in many cases they are too eager to the get the deal that they have no clue what they are getting themselves into. This is why many times artist turn to drugs and alcohol. Because they cannot really deal with life and the decisions they have made. They are pretty much owned by the label. It is never about them gambling their money on you. Business would never survive that way. This is why people are dropped in the middle of contracts. They just cannot fulfill their part of the contract and in many cases they are too eager to the get the deal that they have no clue what they are getting themselves into.

This is why many times artist turn to drugs and alcohol. Because they cannot really deal with life and the decisions they have made. They are pretty much owned by the label.

]]> By: Shadow http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-29373 Shadow Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:55:27 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-29373 If you sign on that dotted line, the label will almost literally own you. You have to go where they tell you to go, when they tell you to go, see who they tell you to see, be who they tell you to be. This is the music industry's version of the old Hollywood Studio system. In the old days the big studios owned any actor they had under contract. God forbid if they acted then like they act now. Do you think Sean Penn would have gotten away with his crap under that system? It's the same thing with the power of the label. If you sign on that dotted line, the label will almost literally own you. You have to go where they tell you to go, when they tell you to go, see who they tell you to see, be who they tell you to be. This is the music industry’s version of the old Hollywood Studio system. In the old days the big studios owned any actor they had under contract. God forbid if they acted then like they act now. Do you think Sean Penn would have gotten away with his crap under that system? It’s the same thing with the power of the label.

]]> By: saubryn http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-29194 saubryn Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:34:10 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-29194 I hadn't realised that you were under so much pressure to sell once you got the contract - I assumed that it was the company taking a gamble on you, and that while the terms were not so generous, and they essentially 'owned' you - they could make you do pretty much anything, it was their job to make the records sell? The deal seems to be worse than I thought :( I hadn’t realised that you were under so much pressure to sell once you got the contract - I assumed that it was the company taking a gamble on you, and that while the terms were not so generous, and they essentially ‘owned’ you - they could make you do pretty much anything, it was their job to make the records sell?

The deal seems to be worse than I thought :(

]]> By: Leighdu http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/10/09/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-28906 Leighdu Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:15:10 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/if-you-really-want-to-sign-a-record-deal/2006/10/09/#comment-28906 My cousin went through something similar. He found a label that wanted him and his band. They were all excited and it seemed like finally their dream was becoming a reality. Then they read the fine print. Thank goodness he had my aunt (an attorney) look it over first. They were about to sell their souls. This is such good advice. Always alway always read the fine print ! My cousin went through something similar. He found a label that wanted him and his band. They were all excited and it seemed like finally their dream was becoming a reality. Then they read the fine print. Thank goodness he had my aunt (an attorney) look it over first. They were about to sell their souls. This is such good advice. Always alway always read the fine print !

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