Say you meet a chill hippy female artist with an acoustic guitar. You 2 fuse your sounds and create a buzz around your city, state, then the nation. She mixes her sociopolitical and introspective songwriting with your groovy hip hop tracks........
Now your artist is selling out shows and your producer fees are skyrocketing, but after about 2 years you realize you're hitting a wall......Now "major label x" is interested in you 2. They give you a deal that will give you a majority of creative control....After your first CD fails to meet expectations "Major Label X" thinks your artist needs a total reinvention....
Your cute hippy artist is now a P-poppin' sex pot who has a knack for drunken candids for TMZ. She expresses that she doesnt really like the direction she's going, but she's willing to do what it takes to get the checks. She's now seeing Dr. Evil style $$$$ and as a result your checks are becoming equally high. Her core fan base has expressed heavy discontent for her new style. So what do you do?
Tell her to go back indie and regain the smaller loyal fanbase? Or stay major and get bigger checks? (remember both decisions affect you)
Don't nobody care about soul no more. Niggas need to sell they soul to the first nigga with some cash and get it ut of the way. What you holding on to your soul for? It ain't worth nothing no way. Might as well sell the booty too. Integrity don't pay no bills up in here.
Say you meet a chill hippy female artist with an acoustic guitar. You 2 fuse your sounds and create a buzz around your city, state, then the nation. She mixes her sociopolitical and introspective songwriting with your groovy hip hop tracks........
Now your artist is selling out shows and your producer fees are skyrocketing, but after about 2 years you realize you're hitting a wall......Now "major label x" is interested in you 2. They give you a deal that will give you a majority of creative control....After your first CD fails to meet expectations "Major Label X" thinks your artist needs a total reinvention....
Your cute hippy artist is now a P-poppin' sex pot who has a knack for drunken candids for TMZ. She expresses that she doesnt really like the direction she's going, but she's willing to do what it takes to get the checks. She's now seeing Dr. Evil style $$$$ and as a result your checks are becoming equally high. Her core fan base has expressed heavy discontent for her new style. So what do you do?
Tell her to go back indie and regain the smaller loyal fanbase? Or stay major and get bigger checks? (remember both decisions affect you)
this would never happen any songwriter I deal with on any level or is signed to my production/song development division of my company will be going hard for Christ and wouldn't start doing nasty music I guess you would call it
sorry but that's just what it is ...Christ over Money here FP homies PERIOD....
19Likes
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With Quote
Originally Posted by L_Houdini
Bookmarks