After yesterday’s mailbag entry on royalties, our friend Ken Muse pointed me to a great breakdown of the current record deal math done by Cord Jefferson at The Root. By the math in the article, the average “signed” musician makes…
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July 2010
Mailbag: Royalties vs. Publishing
From the mailbag, Mark wants to know about different kinds of royalties: hey whats the diffrence between royalties and publishing revenue.. Cashmoneyrecords sighned a deal with Unviersal Music They keep 85% if tge royalties 50% publishing revenues and all…
Music Management Skills: Help Clients Understand Your Career Development
I wrote Music Management for the Rest of Us to help novice artist managers avoid the kinds of mistakes I made when I first started managing acts. I also wrote the book to help musicians understand that it was becoming…
Music Management Skills: Volunteering to Gain Insight
If you’re a friend, a family member, or a fan enlisted to take on management duties for a musician, reading books about the business might not be enough to get you up to speed on what you really need to…