Innovative Tips for the Song Writer

As a song writer, your ultimate goal should be to write solid, useable music. A music composer doesn’t write half a song and call it whole…

A Song Writer’s Guide

Whatever stage you are in as a song writer, I know you are always looking for helpful tips to make you that much better. Very few people are born who automatically know how to write a song. With the exception of your genius music composer, most people have to work at the art form of writing a song, regardless of the genre…

Music Contracts 101 Part One: The Basics

Whether you have been using a contract for years or if it is brand new for you, it won’t kill you to examine and perk up your music contracts. Ideally, you are going to want fair-minded music business contracts that are designed for precision rather than their negotiating strength on either side…

What Types of Music Contacts to Look For

So, you want to know what kind of music contracts to look for…This is an absolute fact, music business contracts, recording contracts and music contracts come in all shapes, sizes, formats, lengths and purposes. Templates for all sorts of music business contracts can comes as bundles, collections or packages…

Music Contracts 101 Part Two: More Basics

Once again, music business contracts and recording contracts can be intimidating to all of those involved. Maybe you are starting your own label or are a new manager in the music industry, whatever your situation, you must grasp the basics involved in music contracts…

Major Labels & Recording Contracts

What is a major label? A Major label is one that demands a high fraction of the yearly retailing of records and has their own distribution system. Maybe you have heard of Warner Elektra Atlantic, BMG, SONY, and Universal Music Video & Distribution?? Well, those are four of the top Labels out there…

What Constitutes a Recording Contract?

Recording contracts, frequently referred to as record deal, is a legal agreement between a record label and an artist or group, it is as simple as that. This is simply where a performer makes an album or albums for the label to vend and endorse.

Artists under music contracts are normally only permitted to record for that specific label…

Fairness in Your Music Contracts

Music contracts are constantly on the mind of everyone in the industry. Whether they are looking to sign one or they have one they need signed they are simply all around us in the industry. Lately you have been hearing horror stories of people signing bad contracts or getting basically screwed out of what is morally there’s…

Recording Contracts: A Simple Breakdown

Let’s be realistic, labels expect to make a profit and their profits result from the terms of music contracts or recording contracts. That is why it is crucial that you are savvy in the world of music business contracts…

Let’s Talk About Demos

Obtaining that almost seemingly unattainable record deal has been the goal of many independent music artists and bands throughout time. For mostly inexperienced reasons, most new talent feel that by securing a recording contract with a significant major or independent label, success will be guaranteed…

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