quoted 3 lines artists. This alone makes me want to use their service. The two reasons
>artists. This alone makes me want to use their service. The two reasons
>why I'll never buy anything from iTunes is that they use DRM and that 99%
>of the money paid goes to the record companies not the artist.
I by no means want to appear to endorse iTunes, but if you refuse to buy
from iTunes because most of the money goes to the company, you might want to
consider never buying a CD again. The terms are quite similar.
I had a deal with a rather large American label with massive worldwide
distribution wherein every $20 CD sold earned me a whopping $1.10... that's
around 5% to the artist. Yeah, I didn't think that sounded right at all,
until I found out I actually had a pretty sweet deal right there, compared
to others. Expect less.
And compilations? The absolute BEST royalty I've received for a comp. was
$0.10, and that was from Universal.
I got an offer from a label recently who are now focusing on iTunes as a
large part of their distribution scheme. The offer was a lot better than
any album offer I've had, ever. But ultimately, I don't see anyone knocking
iTunes over in a mad rush to buy anyone's mp3s, let alone the music of
little old Rick Strom....
V,
~Rick Strom
http://www.rick-strom.com
http://www.glowdot.com
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