DJA wrote:
So, the artist pays for all recording and some promotion costs. They pay studio time, backup musician time, etc. Because a new artist doesn't have that kind of money, the label "Advances" that money to them. The artist must pay that back. The contract stipulates that the advance can be paid back in the form of future albums (the costs for which must also be paid by the artist).
For a rather nice summary of everything wrong with the recording industry read:
http://www.mixerman.net/ http://www.mixerman.net/links.php True dysfunctionality at its finest. -a -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
