Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Uncle Bud' Obscene Southern US Song
From: M.Ted - PM
Date: 05 Dec 06 - 01:53 AM

Yourbiggest danger is not having your recording "ripped off", exactly--it comes from things like signing exclusive management contracts, or exlusive recording contracts that, in effect, give someone else control of what you can or cannot do.

Posted this thought to the "Uncle Bud" thread last night, by accident--

Consider this example: Artist A cuts a demo--record company B offers to promote it a little bit, try to get some airplay, "and if we get some buzz, we'll produce a full album." Sounds great to Artist A, so some papers are drawn up. Nothing happens, and Artist A goes on playing here and there for a couple of years. Then record company C gets very interested, and record company B steps in and says, "No--you've contracted to record two albums with us, and, on top of that, you owe us $50,000 for promoting the demo."

Or maybe Artist A recorded the album, but the promotion was bad and it flopped. Then, ten years later, Record company D want to re-release it, or even re-record it, and record company B says, "No. We own the recordings, and hold the publishing rights to the music."

That's the stuff that'll kill you, and that's why you have to know as much as you can before you even sit down with anyone.