I'd be surprised if there isn't a confidentiality clause in the contract regarding the disclosure of sales and such. Apart from the information itself, what is your intention?
If less is more think about how much more more would be.
-Frasier
Jul-11-2012 10:41
shpanda
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Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Earth
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Originally posted by Storyteller
I'd be surprised if there isn't a confidentiality clause in the contract regarding the disclosure of sales and such. Apart from the information itself, what is your intention?
No intention, just posted for fun because you never see these on any forums or web pages and people keep asking (sales, costs, expenses etc). But i edited the first post and removed image links, because im really not sure if i can share this kind of information or not.. Didnt even thought about that until your post
You've got to be careful with those things . Far from every contract has such a clause though, but I think I've got one or 2 that are quite strict regarding statement details.
It is a reality check for most people getting into this whole music thing . I must say my experiences are similar to the amounts shown in your original post.
Could it more or less be seen as a way of venting some frustrations?
i find it incredible that the mastering charges are recouped from the artist royalty. Saw this twice on here in the last week. More so that artists actually put up with it or sign a contract that would not state explicitly that this is not something you can recoup. Boggles my mind why people would even bother with a label that even has such low selling people on their roster. I mean it is evident they don't really give a fuck or think you are worth a fuck.
If you want to know more about download contracts.
Have a look at my old topic on another closed forum.
I summed up most of the important things you need to know about.
And even pointed out a site to check your own contract.
I'm part of FNV Kiem the Dutch musician foundation.
If your a member there then you can even get free legal support.
If the Admins-mods want the topic here too as a sticky ,let me know where and i'll post it here too
Get an on the side statement that clearly states what costs the downloadgiver can make while spreading 1 download.
So the Mastering costs should be noted somewhere in your contract !
Read full topic to see WHY it should be in the contract.
If it's not in the contract i would ask for it to be added.
So you know what costs the label may take from the netto income !
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. Far from every contract has such a clause though, but I think I've got one or 2 that are quite strict regarding statement details.
