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1999-06-30 16:07warren g. \(harding\) (no subject)
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1999-06-30 16:07warren g. \(harding\)> you forget that it is record labels that put out records, not the artists...give a bunch
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Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:07:02 -0500 (EST)
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quoted 3 lines you forget that it is record labels that put out records, not the artists...give a bunch o> you forget that it is record labels that put out records, not the artists...give a bunch of new tracks to a small label like choc. ind. or skam, and it may well be three > years before your record comes out. and artists tend to want to put their old shit out before they drop their new stuff...but then these new tracks will end up getting > delayed too, &c. &c.
what exactly is it that causes these things to be delayed 3 years? i've heard a lot of the CI and Schematic stuff sits around forever waiting for DR to finish artwork for it... isn't that kind of silly? ,rj../ ___,">www.gl.umbc.edu/~nworth1
1999-06-30 15:34danielwell, to answer your question: 1. time 2. money many of these smaller record labels are ra
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well, to answer your question: 1. time 2. money many of these smaller record labels are ran by people who have other jobs. These other jobs is what really provides them income. A label is a labor of love. It is very hard for your career to be just running a label(especially if you want to eat). I run mmr on the side. The job I hold demands a lot of time and more often than not I have to work on mmr stuff on weekends or late night. Then there is the money. The goal of any label is to be at least self sufficent. So hopefully you will put out a record and then sell enough to break even. This then allows you to put out another record. But it isn't that simple. Often you have to go through distributors whose terms are net 60. Which means you will not be paid for 60 days. During that time they try to distribute your release. At the end of those 60 days (if they are a good distributor) they send you a check. But there is another catch if they don't sell all the releases you are sent them back. And you are only paid for what does sell. And you would be amazed how much you have to hustle just to sell 350 copies of a CD. add all the above up and you can expect to see delays... -daniel Head Monkey Mad Monkey Records http://monkey.eliteware.com On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, warren g. (harding) wrote:
quoted 16 lines you forget that it is record labels that put out records, not the artists...give a bunch o> > you forget that it is record labels that put out records, not the artists...give a bunch of new tracks to a small label like choc. ind. or skam, and it may well be three > > years before your record comes out. and artists tend to want to put their old shit out before they drop their new stuff...but then these new tracks will end up getting > > delayed too, &c. &c. > > what exactly is it that causes these things to > be delayed 3 years? i've heard a lot of the > CI and Schematic stuff sits around forever > waiting for DR to finish artwork for it... > isn't that kind of silly? > > > > > ,rj../ > ___,">www.gl.umbc.edu/~nworth1 >