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| Mad for Brad |
| The insane part is that it does not even mention 50% but rather 50/50 which means 1 |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mad for Brad
The insane part is that it does not even mention 50% but rather 50/50 which means 1 |
Well, they've got his verbal agreement on the coversheet. They'll probably FedEx the document over and then act like they're gonna sue if he gets squeamish. "Listen, you little . We've spent a lot of money making sure your track sells and these are the terms you agreed to." They'll have it parked in the Beatport stable, on-line - just to tease him with the prospect that he's gonna be livin' large, from now on - and when he signs the contract, he'll have fundamentally agreed that his unit share is divided into fifty parts, all of which are going to the label. |
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| Kid_presentable |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
I read the edit. I still don't know what that has to do with what I'm saying or even how what I've said is impertinent. |
i said:
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Originally posted by Kid_presentable
piracy..blogs...etc...eric prydz earlier work can be found on the net, sounds like , even a misspelled released tracks...and they are not fake. it did not hurt him.
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you said
[quote]For every one Eric Prydz there are 5,000 Kid Presentables. If you make it to that level in your current situation, you're a very lucky outlier. |
then I said:
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promotion,bootlegs,piracy works.. after putting a taste tester of my release i got 2 gig offers in 1 day ( yesterday ) in which i choose entry fee and take all door sales. one is oxford art factory, one of Sydney's biggest clubs.....think bloody beetroots.... |
point# eric prydz (and many others) had tracks........still released em...didn't wait till he had absolute bangers before they get it out there. |
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| Mad for Brad |
| yes but that was when being released meant something |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kid_presentable
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You
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...which was that you are not there, yet, and the "contract" you have is worth, exactly, jack , currently. |
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| Nick Cenik |
| That contract looks rather rough dude :( |
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| Kid_presentable |
didn't i say about 3 pages back that i was fu(king off the contract?
stop talking about the contract.......
all the talk that has ensued has been worthless.. |
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| Kid_presentable |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kid_presentable
didn't i say about 3 pages back that i was fu(king off the contract?
stop talking about the contract.......
all the talk that has ensued has been worthless.. |
...which was that you are not there, yet, and the "contract" you have is worth, exactly, jack , currently. |
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| Kid_presentable |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mad for Brad
yes but that was when being released meant something |
i just stated i've got offers from sydney's two biggest clubs...
without me releasing my material to the world...by what ever means...this would not be possible. |
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| EddieZilker |
| You know. I've thought about this over-night and woke up thinking you should sign whatever they put in front of you. Take the gigs at both clubs, dude. You learn by doing, anyway. Having heard the music on your MySpace page, I'm positive you'll do just fine. |
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| Kid_presentable |
| sarcasm or not...you can never tell with tranceaddict |
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| Rodri Santos |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
Have you ever read an actual record contract? The first draft almost always has errors/defaults to benefit the record company and it is so complexly worded that someone who has no experience with it, is going to have an awfully hard time negotiating for themselves, let alone actually adhering to a full understanding of that contract. Terre Thaemlitz (http://redbullmusicacademyradio.com/shows/3122/) talks about how smaller labels adopted major label contracts which, ostensibly, are completely ed. You raise the spectre of a contract written by five lawyers, but what are entertainment lawyers paid to do if not negotiate their client out of the ed up terms embedded in the label's contracts? |
I daily work with contracts not this kind of contracts but it's not easy to trick me, language is more disturbing than the obnoxious language. From my experience the contracts i have signed for tracks were reasonable, i just didn't agree with some terms and changed them but looked quite professional in my case looked like lawyer-written stuff i don't know if this is the case of is what you tell of small labels getting the contracts of big labels, had all the basic elements of a contract at least which is not easy to find nowadays, particularly the chance to dismiss the contract. |
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