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    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to All on Saturday, June 01, 2024 08:23:00
    I just watched "Artifact", a great documentary about 30 Seconds to Mars
    and their struggles with Virgin/EMI records during the making of one of
    their records. When your record label, who is responsible for your
    career success, sues you (while paying out nothing for a career total 15 million record sales), something is definitely screwed up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1GduUjM9g8



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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Kurt Weiske on Sunday, June 02, 2024 09:41:00
    Hello Kurt Weiske!

    ** On Saturday 01.06.24 - 08:23, Kurt Weiske wrote to All:

    I just watched "Artifact", a great documentary about 30
    Seconds to Mars and their struggles with Virgin/EMI
    records during the making of one of their records. When
    your record label, who is responsible for your career
    success, sues you (while paying out nothing for a career
    total 15 million record sales), something is definitely
    screwed up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1GduUjM9g8

    That's on my watchlist too. Aren't musicians becoming more
    savvy with establishing "guaranteed" returns these days?

    Isn't there some kind of advance payment arrangement as there
    is in book publishing?


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  • From Mickey@1:229/307 to Kurt Weiske on Sunday, June 02, 2024 19:00:52
    Re: Artifact
    By: Kurt Weiske to All on Sat Jun 01 2024 08:23:00

    I just watched "Artifact", a great documentary about 30 Seconds to Mars
    and their struggles with Virgin/EMI records during the making of one of their records. When your record label, who is responsible for your
    career success, sues you (while paying out nothing for a career total 15

    The documentary is pretty accurate as well and tells the way it just is.


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to August Abolins on Monday, June 03, 2024 06:29:00
    August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    That's on my watchlist too. Aren't musicians becoming more
    savvy with establishing "guaranteed" returns these days?

    Isn't there some kind of advance payment arrangement as there
    is in book publishing?

    Yes, but the amount of overhead that comes out of their cut is crazy.
    It used to be that they only took a cut of sales, so bands made their
    money on merchandise and tours. Now contracts are written to include a
    cut of those, too, for the record label.

    The labels are desperate. You could promote your music on YouTube,
    Instagram and TikTok, sell digital and physical media on Soundcloud or
    bandcamp, or if you were a big artist, create your own label.




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