FAQs About Music Industry Deals

What Do I Really Get When I Get a Record Deal? Will I Have to Pay Back the Record Company if the Album Is Not Successful? Does It Matter if I Give Up My Copyright in Order to Get a Record Deal? How Many Albums Is the Label Committed to Make for Me? How Long Will I Be Tied to This Record Company? How Does the Musician Get Paid? Will I Get My Royalty Percentage on Every Album Sold? How Will My Royalty Percentage Be Calculated? What Kind of Expenses Count as Deductible Advances? What Level of Creative Control Will I Have? I Suspect My Label Is Not Paying Me Royalties I am Owed. What Can I Do? What Is a Mechanical License?
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