CHANGE. INSPIRED BY, MOTIVATED BY, POSITIVE FORCES.

INDEPENDENT MUSICIANS MOVEMENT

CHANGE. INSPIRED BY, MOTIVATED BY, POSITIVE FORCES.

A WORD TO THE WISE TO THE ASPIRING AND PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

I may not have a clue or know a lot but I try to keep myself informed about the music business.

This is why the better option would be to be your own BOSS and work as team and enjoy the rewards of hard work equally, Shared fairly among-st the team of independent musicians, Singers, Writers, Composers, Producers, Rappers and whatever you do make on your own, you keep.

Why get a Record label loan which you might have to pay back. A lot of self ways to fund music now a days.

EXAMPLE-ADVANCES OF A MILLION DOLLARS

Record companies commonly pay advances to enable artists to concentrate on writing, rehearsing, recording and performing music. Advances are recoup-able against future royalties from sales and streaming, but are not recouped if revenues fail to reach a certain level.

The record label is therefore bearing the risk of the investment in a highly competitive marketplace and the record labels will get there monies one way or another than leaving the musician with, like Tupac Shakur once said trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents.

Why not keep the whole dollar.

Than there is the recording contract will usually require the artist to sign to the label exclusively. This means that they can't record for another label without permission, nor can they leave the contract if they're unhappy.

HELLO It’s 2018

The label, however, remains free to sign and promote as many artists as it wishes.

If an artist wants to make a guest appearance on another artist's record, they'll need a 'sideman' provision to cover this. Is that fair game ?

Under most exclusive recording contracts, the artist will assign copyright in the sound recordings to the record company. An assignment is a transfer of ownership for the full life of copyright. In the case of sound recordings this will be 50 years from release. Meaning your out $$$

Before Artists are paid royalties based on record sales and music artist see any money, the artist will have to recoup the recording costs, advances, and usually 50 percent of all video costs. The label will make additional deductions, reducing the real royalty rate still further.

As Aspiring and Professional musicians do you need that Shit ?

Own what’s yours, U DA Boss not the Record labels.

It's 2018 and the Music Business will NEVER be the same. Now the record labels sit in the back seat while the Singers, Rappers, Producers, Writers, Composers and musicians drive the future and the Music FANS got your back.