Major labels are reportedly “overhauling contracts” for newly signed artists, with some now restricting artists from re-recording their music no earlier than 10 years or more after leaving the label.
Signing to a label is basically taking venture capital investment for your company except the deal is way worse because the label takes back all the investment capital and owns your music
its a lot more attractive to traditional musicians. digital artists can do all this on their imac these days and self publish but its harder to do when you need actual space and equipment to record live drums and shit
Problem is that’s not the reality any more. The majors wont consider you if you dont have your own following because they dont want to invest in building up buzz behind an artist and would rather you did the work yourself (for free).
That's true. A following doesn't always mean you're not struggling though. It's a tough industry to make money in as an independent, even if you have a good chunk of fans.
Honestly, why would anyone sign to a major label anymore?
Exposure, connections and radio play. Radio play is still important for industry connections, so I've heard.
"free" access to recording studios, sound engineers, songwriters, lyric writers, producers
Signing to a label is basically taking venture capital investment for your company except the deal is way worse because the label takes back all the investment capital and owns your music
its a lot more attractive to traditional musicians. digital artists can do all this on their imac these days and self publish but its harder to do when you need actual space and equipment to record live drums and shit
Slave deals, slave deals as far as the eye can see
I constantly think of Mario Judah as the 100% reason why we don't play with these majors
If you're a struggling artist and some slick A&R guy hands you a big contract, you probably just say fuck it and sign most of the time.
Problem is that’s not the reality any more. The majors wont consider you if you dont have your own following because they dont want to invest in building up buzz behind an artist and would rather you did the work yourself (for free).
That's true. A following doesn't always mean you're not struggling though. It's a tough industry to make money in as an independent, even if you have a good chunk of fans.