how much money do labels "steal" from artists

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Posted by Robert on Oct-01-2003 12:18:

how much money do labels "steal" from artists

allthough this a bit different for most of us breaking thru, i thought it was interesting anyway..

http://www.mosesavalon.com/marc.htm

Posted by Martin McG on Oct-01-2003 12:34:

the royalty calculator is pretty cool

Posted by DJ Chrono on Oct-01-2003 14:32:

I don't know how accurate this thing is.

The first contract I signed (still awaiting the vinyl release) is supposed to give me 50% of the profits, while the label gets the other 50%. This is ontop of the production costs, manufacturing, distribution, and all that. I think its pretty fair for the producer to get the same amount of money as the label does.

Posted by Robert on Oct-01-2003 15:38:

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Originally posted by DJ Chrono
I don't know how accurate this thing is.

The first contract I signed (still awaiting the vinyl release) is supposed to give me 50% of the profits, while the label gets the other 50%. This is ontop of the production costs, manufacturing, distribution, and all that. I think its pretty fair for the producer to get the same amount of money as the label does.

well like i said, i think it's different for people like us. this is more for top40 pop artists. still thought it was interesting tho.

Posted by DJ Chrono on Oct-01-2003 15:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Robert
well like i said, i think it's different for people like us. this is more for top40 pop artists. still thought it was interesting tho.

yeah thats what it seems like heh

Posted by Floorfiller on Oct-01-2003 15:52:

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Originally posted by Robert
well like i said, i think it's different for people like us. this is more for top40 pop artists. still thought it was interesting tho.

hey robert...how many records have sold for Masters & Nickson??

Posted by Robert on Oct-01-2003 17:51:

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Originally posted by Floorfiller
hey robert...how many records have sold for Masters & Nickson??

i think it was around 1400-1500 copies last time i checked.

Posted by iLLicit on Oct-01-2003 18:17:

Yeah, I saw something similar for us dutch people on some website. It's kinda cool, but it isn't exactly for our industry as you mentioned.

The amount of money you get also depends on what your contract looks like. Sometimes artists agree to receive one lump sum and sometimes they get royalties. It just depends on how popular the track will be.