Comments on: What’s A Record Deal Worth? http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/ Making Sense Of The Music Business In A Digital Age Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:25:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sambarouge http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-34787 sambarouge Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:03:42 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-34787 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">What's a record deal worth? http://tinyurl.com/psb5eg</span></span> What’s a record deal worth? http://tinyurl.com/psb5eg

]]> By: A. Dalberiste http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-34788 A. Dalberiste Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:02:55 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-34788 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT Trevor4000What’s A Record Deal Worth? - http://bit.ly/h2A4e</span></span> RT Trevor4000What’s A Record Deal Worth? – http://bit.ly/h2A4e

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]]> By: A_Dalberiste (A. Dalberiste) http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-23607 A_Dalberiste (A. Dalberiste) Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:05:28 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-23607 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/A_Dalberiste" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="A_Dalberiste (A. Dalberiste)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://moearora.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="A_Dalberiste (A. Dalberiste)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/A_Dalberiste) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT Trevor4000What’s A Record Deal Worth? - [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> By: Trevor Thompson http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-34789 Trevor Thompson Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:29:16 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-34789 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">What’s A Record Deal Worth? - http://bit.ly/h2A4e</span></span> What’s A Record Deal Worth? – http://bit.ly/h2A4e

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]]> By: Indie vs. Major Deal… Which one is the better route? (makingthemogul.com reports) « Bigboyzmusic’s Blog http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22807 Indie vs. Major Deal… Which one is the better route? (makingthemogul.com reports) « Bigboyzmusic’s Blog Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:20:49 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-22807 [...] What’s A Record Deal Worth? [...] [...] What’s A Record Deal Worth? [...]

]]> By: FaMe http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22680 FaMe Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:44:16 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-22680 He's basically saying bring back artist development and stop looking for the quick buck. One of the things he failed to mention was the idea that people still don't buy records. So no matter if the artist is Mariah Carey or Unladylike, the most they'll do is platinum. At the end of the day, labels still won't make their money back so they just decide to invest less in the artists, which leads to low sales anyways. It's a lose lose. It's actually the fans' fault. Buy Albums. See better artists. He’s basically saying bring back artist development and stop looking for the quick buck. One of the things he failed to mention was the idea that people still don’t buy records. So no matter if the artist is Mariah Carey or Unladylike, the most they’ll do is platinum. At the end of the day, labels still won’t make their money back so they just decide to invest less in the artists, which leads to low sales anyways. It’s a lose lose. It’s actually the fans’ fault.

Buy Albums. See better artists.

]]> By: Moe Arora http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22265 Moe Arora Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:36:00 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-22265 <b><a href="http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22183" rel="nofollow">@Reg</a></b> - I agree with your point that the industry may be hurting itself more than helping itself by making a singles-driven market. In the age of social media, entertainment and news items have such short life spans, however it seems like most labels are simply placing buckets everywhere to catch leaking water, rather than patching up the roof. They're creating temporary solutions, which may end up creating a bigger problem in the end. <b><a href="http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22214" rel="nofollow">@Bullet</a></b> - True, there's definitely more to manage nowadays and the artist has to be more involved - much more involved. The artist-audience relationship has shifted from a one way speech to a two-way dialogue. A lot of these social media tools were created to make it easier for an artist to manage their relationship with their audience, however just the amount of how many there are has made it much more difficult. It's difficult for indies, but I truly believe with the right team of people and <b><i>strong organization</i></b>, it is possible to use them to your advantage and not have them become overwhelming. <b><a href="http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22228" rel="nofollow">@FreshNerd</a></b> - That's a great question! I think I'm going to pose this question to a few producers and see what they have to say. Thanks for the suggestion! @Reg – I agree with your point that the industry may be hurting itself more than helping itself by making a singles-driven market.

In the age of social media, entertainment and news items have such short life spans, however it seems like most labels are simply placing buckets everywhere to catch leaking water, rather than patching up the roof. They’re creating temporary solutions, which may end up creating a bigger problem in the end.

@Bullet – True, there’s definitely more to manage nowadays and the artist has to be more involved – much more involved. The artist-audience relationship has shifted from a one way speech to a two-way dialogue.

A lot of these social media tools were created to make it easier for an artist to manage their relationship with their audience, however just the amount of how many there are has made it much more difficult.

It’s difficult for indies, but I truly believe with the right team of people and strong organization, it is possible to use them to your advantage and not have them become overwhelming.

@FreshNerd – That’s a great question! I think I’m going to pose this question to a few producers and see what they have to say. Thanks for the suggestion!

]]> By: DoseOverdose (DOSE) http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22257 DoseOverdose (DOSE) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:03:10 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-22257 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/DoseOverdose" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="DoseOverdose (DOSE)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://moearora.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="DoseOverdose (DOSE)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/DoseOverdose) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> Reading: "What’s A Record Deal Worth?" ([link to post])<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> By: Keith Mitchell http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-35625 Keith Mitchell Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:39:53 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-35625 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">What's A Record Deal Worth? - http://awe.sm/nDL</span></span> What’s A Record Deal Worth? – http://awe.sm/nDL

]]> By: FreshNerd http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22228 FreshNerd Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:38:00 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-22228 Definitely one of my favorite topics and a great read! It will be great to see where everything lands once the majors get things sorted out on their end (if it matters). The question I have that hasn't been addressed as of yet is, where does the producer fit in as far as the new playing field is concerned? Now that we're in a single driven world, how much weight does the old model of the point based system hold? Hmmmm... Definitely one of my favorite topics and a great read! It will be great to see where everything lands once the majors get things sorted out on their end (if it matters). The question I have that hasn’t been addressed as of yet is, where does the producer fit in as far as the new playing field is concerned? Now that we’re in a single driven world, how much weight does the old model of the point based system hold? Hmmmm…

]]> By: Digipendent.com http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-34791 Digipendent.com Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:16:11 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-34791 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">"Artists must assume control of their own destiny..." - http://bit.ly/mvDeQ (by @chuckcreekmur) via @moearora</span></span> “Artists must assume control of their own destiny…” – http://bit.ly/mvDeQ (by @chuckcreekmur) via @moearora

]]> By: DannyDee (Digipendent) http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22224 DannyDee (Digipendent) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:19:08 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-22224 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/DannyDee" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="DannyDee (Digipendent)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://moearora.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="DannyDee (Digipendent)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/DannyDee) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> "Artists must assume control of their own destiny..." - [link to post] (by @chuckcreekmur) via @moearora<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> By: Bullet aka Mr.Robotic http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22214 Bullet aka Mr.Robotic Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:17:04 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-22214 This was an Awesome Read! I agree with this whole-heartedly. I think the wrong people are getting deals BUT at the same time it isn't just there fault. I have always had this theory, in order for a record to buzz it has to be made and after it is made someone has to support it for more people to support it and to have that artist attain a buzz in order for a label to even think about signing the person. I think Djs and others have done damage also.Clear Channel also! But i love what Chuck said about how labels devalued the deal. I so believe that if they were to bring artist development back etc we could have more superstars! Our Superstars we have now dont even care about the music anymore in my opinion! only person really is Kanye! you can tell he loves the music. But Also i think Managers and just other people are making the artist do TOOOOO much! An artist is suppose to create the art. now a days the artist has to promote/develop fanbase/book your own shows/financially invest/and then still find time to make dope music. and it seems like its never enough and if you see someone else getting a deal and all of that is getting taking care of why wouldn't you want a deal? but thats my opinion awesome read again! This was an Awesome Read! I agree with this whole-heartedly. I think the wrong people are getting deals BUT at the same time it isn’t just there fault. I have always had this theory, in order for a record to buzz it has to be made and after it is made someone has to support it for more people to support it and to have that artist attain a buzz in order for a label to even think about signing the person. I think Djs and others have done damage also.Clear Channel also! But i love what Chuck said about how labels devalued the deal. I so believe that if they were to bring artist development back etc we could have more superstars! Our Superstars we have now dont even care about the music anymore in my opinion! only person really is Kanye! you can tell he loves the music. But Also i think Managers and just other people are making the artist do TOOOOO much! An artist is suppose to create the art. now a days the artist has to promote/develop fanbase/book your own shows/financially invest/and then still find time to make dope music. and it seems like its never enough and if you see someone else getting a deal and all of that is getting taking care of why wouldn’t you want a deal? but thats my opinion awesome read again!

]]> By: *Young Uno* http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-22197 *Young Uno* Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:42:23 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-22197 co-fuckin-sign! co-fuckin-sign!

]]> By: Michael Pattinson http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-34792 Michael Pattinson Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:31:17 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-34792 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @moearora: "Artists must assume control of their own destiny..." - http://bit.ly/mvDeQ (by @chuckcreekmur)</span></span> RT @moearora: "Artists must assume control of their own destiny…" – http://bit.ly/mvDeQ (by @chuckcreekmur)

]]> By: SUE http://moearora.com/blog/2009/07/whats-a-record-deal-worth/#comment-34793 SUE Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:08:23 +0000 http://moearora.com/blog/?p=2106#comment-34793 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Great read! RT @moearora: "Artists must assume control of their own destiny..." - http://bit.ly/mvDeQ (by @chuckcreekmur)</span></span> Great read! RT @moearora: "Artists must assume control of their own destiny…" – http://bit.ly/mvDeQ (by @chuckcreekmur)

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