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>Someone please tell me what the record labels have done to deserve 75% 1)Make a really good quality recoding. I know it is possible to do it without a label,
by Yzupnick 16y ago
>Someone please tell me what the record labels have done to deserve 75%
1)Make a really good quality recoding. I know it is possible to do it without a label, and I know that it has even been done, but the vast majority of non-label recordings are really bad.
2) Really good distribution system. I know, you didn't find your music from a record company. But, having a record companies resources behind you makes your chance of hitting it big orders of magnitude greater.
- rwmj 16y agoYou got figures to back up the assertion that "the vast majority of non-label recordings are really bad"? The quality of the recording depends on the producer, studio and time, so it's something that is a function of money (assuming the competence of the bands are all equal). This in itself might favour labels, but labels are the worst source of money that a new band could use, lending money on incredibly unfair terms. Most bands would be better off going for a regular loan at their bank.
- AndyKelley 16y agoWith today's music production software and some hard work, an amateur can produce music that is as well-mastered as a record label's production. Heard of OC Remix?
- jasonlotito 16y agoBut if my album fails to sell, the label doesn't expect me to pay, whereas with the bank, it does. Both ways require money. One way is less painful it you fail.
- rwmj 16y agoWrong. Many label contracts will force you to pay back the advance. In fact, a friend of a friend of mine was in a band called Chapterhouse. Modestly successful, but didn't make back their advance. He ended up paying it back.
- jasonlotito 16y agoI've heard it both ways on this (from people directly involved, and from friends of friends, etc). My understanding is that this is the exception, not the rule. Maybe someone can point me in the direction that refutes this thought.