Deltaphoenix wrote:WOW, I appreciate the warnings and concern. I have heard the horror stories. I have access to free legal advice and representation because I go to the University of Florida and their Law School ain't nothin' to be fucked with! Once a year, UF puts on a music industry and Entertainment law conference, some decently big people come out, A&Rs for Sony, Capital and other labels, as well as established Attorneys in this field. There is also stuff for musicians to attend. My singer and I have attend some of this event before. Then there are shows in town related to the event, A&R people attend, etc. Well, we have played one of those shows before. But I digress, this company we are working with knows how the industry is changing and is not holding on to a dying business model. This is an open-ended agreement on our end, we can cease working with them when we choose, and are not contractually obligated to stay with them IF (big if) a bigger label wants us, or wants us to do a split, whatever. Our agreement is exclusively related to this one EP, with an option for another. They aren't paying for the recording off the EP, we already recorded it, it just needs mastering, which we are going to do out of pocket. We have no way to become in debt to this little record label. Essentially, we have about 1/2 of "record deal". They distribute, and promote the EP and us, as well as increase our booking contacts (and booking is still our responsibility). So, what I reasonably expect is that our online presence will increase, leading to more "likes" and "fans" on certain websites, that our EP will find it's way to different online music reviews, a couple of interviews, a couple thousand sales on Itunes or whatever, and some decent gigs.
this is pretty much the EXACT deal my band are discussing at the mo
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