Comments on: A simple truth about how most Record Labels think http://blog.recordunion.com/dogblog/2010/02/23/a-simple-truth-about-how-record-labels-think/ The offical Record Union blog. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Fred @ Record Union http://blog.recordunion.com/dogblog/2010/02/23/a-simple-truth-about-how-record-labels-think/#comment-8600 Fred @ Record Union Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:17:28 +0000 http://blog.recordunion.com/dogblog/?p=2612#comment-8600 I think you raise some interesting point Phloide. One of the many great things about the new internet based music environment is that artists also have the possibililty to DIY all the way. Labels are one route to success in music, but these days if you use your head and are prepared to work it is also possible to go it alone. Whether as a first step or as the final means, the internet is in many ways and artist friendly platform. More on this in another post! : ) I think you raise some interesting point Phloide. One of the many great things about the new internet based music environment is that artists also have the possibililty to DIY all the way. Labels are one route to success in music, but these days if you use your head and are prepared to work it is also possible to go it alone. Whether as a first step or as the final means, the internet is in many ways and artist friendly platform. More on this in another post! : )

]]> By: phloide http://blog.recordunion.com/dogblog/2010/02/23/a-simple-truth-about-how-record-labels-think/#comment-8586 phloide Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:54:50 +0000 http://blog.recordunion.com/dogblog/?p=2612#comment-8586 What most people don't realize is that most artists signed to a major label will still sell only a few hundred albums- which would be GREAT if you got money for it - but most of the time you are getting pennies on the album. a bad contract will actually burn you and leave you in debt carrying the debt for production, distribution, etc. what a label CAN do is get you noticed, and that in turn pulls people to your performances, where you make your money off tickets and your own merchandise. I am actually a working stiff, and I have met my share of "formerly famous people" who are back working the grind because they depended too much on the label. Labels are not saviors... they are tools of the trade - but out of all of them, they are probably the least dependable. What most people don’t realize is that most artists signed to a major label will still sell only a few hundred albums- which would be GREAT if you got money for it - but most of the time you are getting pennies on the album. a bad contract will actually burn you and leave you in debt carrying the debt for production, distribution, etc. what a label CAN do is get you noticed, and that in turn pulls people to your performances, where you make your money off tickets and your own merchandise.

I am actually a working stiff, and I have met my share of “formerly famous people” who are back working the grind because they depended too much on the label.

Labels are not saviors… they are tools of the trade - but out of all of them, they are probably the least dependable.

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