" The unfortunate reality is that if you try to do anything creative in this world, shitty, talentless, uncreative people will try to take it from you. There is no career in it, the real career is in "managing" it. The salary job with a business degree that leeches everything it can from the contract artists."
-some feller on YouTube
"they con people into signing these ridiculous contracts then claim well you signed it..
a label inflated costs & fees until they just collected it all.. they'd buy a plane ticket for $1500 & write it as a $40k trip & bill the artist of their money. Rappers do a tour banking millions & after the math they still owed the label for advances etc. That whole system of "advances" deals just screws artists & let's the label push who they'll make more off"
- youtuber
"I really recommend everyone to watch the documentary "Artifact" made by 30 Seconds to Mars. Whether or not you like the band, this is a very interesting documentary that shows what's going on behind the scenes. They show how the label gave the band an advance to record an album, make a few videos, etc... but it's just an advance that the band needs to pay back. Even after selling tons of albums without getting paid a penny, they still owe millions to the label. Then, they get another advance for the next album and afterwards, no matter how well the album sells, now they owe the label even more money and this never ends."
youtuber
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