Record labels are jerks, lol

[Lou]

So, first ever recording contract, I record the required tracks, make the CD, release, blam, we start getting royalties. Ingame date is late September 2006

So, I get another contract. 12 songs, X quality, Y recording quality no problem. Oh. They want me to use a specific producer in a specific town. Okay... Hmm, can't get to 100 quality recording anywhere in this town. Well, that's not my problem.
Oh, and they don't want me to release the new CD before September 2007. Oh. Hmm. Was that in the small print ? Guess I should have read a bit closer, lol.

So... I've got my 12 tracks for the CD all done and recorded, and I'm sitting on 24 other tracks that are 100 quality, enough for 2 more albums.
So, it's January 2007... how do I occupy my time until I can release this CD and get out of the contract, lol.

What a bunch of jerks these suits are, lol.

[Bohemian Rap City]

I take it you are playing the Basic game. The quick road to success and lack of challenges (boredom waiting for release date) made the end game less fun. You end up printing money and getting awards out the wazoo before year three.

Pre-Live Beta throws those old ideas out and offers a much more challenging route to the top.

[Lou]

Originally posted by Bohemian Rap City:

I take it you are playing the Basic game.

Yeah. I didn't even know there was a beta version before I got hooked :D

Game is really cool, one of the best things about it is that it has a free demo, which is a relatively rare thing in games these days it seems.

[Bohemian Rap City]

Everything about this game, this developer and this community are different.

I can't say enough good things about Todd and his responsiveness to feedback from the community, as well as the communities willingness....make that EAGERNESS...to share their love for the game and help each other gain the most from the experience.

Everyone commiserates on the difficulty of getting a hit in the game....compare that to the difficulty of writing a game that has this kind of support from its fans.

[Heichi]

Because I didn't see this addressed, all contracts require you to wait 1 year from your last contract CD. I generally recommend an indie release in between contracts, but unfortunately you can't do that while under contract.

[Blue_Bug]

They are bigger jerks as you think. I sold in one week 245.328 records. I got $ 42.821 on royalties. All costs were already paid. So I got € 0,175 a record. I should get 6,8% on royalties meaning that those basterds sell my masterpieces for an average price of $ 2,57 a record.

[Barry Wheeler]

Originally posted by Blue_Bug:

They are bigger jerks as you think. I sold in one week 245.328 records. I got $ 42.821 on royalties. All costs were already paid. So I got € 0,175 a record. I should get 6,8% on royalties meaning that those basterds sell my masterpieces for an average price of $ 2,57 a record.

That sounds more like what you'd expect from Spotify royalties, lol.

[Gillissie]

Originally posted by Blue_Bug:

They are bigger jerks as you think. I sold in one week 245.328 records. I got $ 42.821 on royalties. All costs were already paid. So I got € 0,175 a record. I should get 6,8% on royalties meaning that those basterds sell my masterpieces for an average price of $ 2,57 a record.

:D These comments from my code may help explain this...
// Sold through label distribution.
// These are always priced at $15 each, and cost the label $1 each to make.
// After distribution and retail costs, the net per unit is $5
// First apply income toward label expenses.

[Bohemian Rap City]

Originally posted by Heichi:

Because I didn't see this addressed, all contracts require you to wait 1 year from your last contract CD. I generally recommend an indie release in between contracts, but unfortunately you can't do that while under contract.

If you are capable of writing/recording more than an album each year, you can always crank out a private label album and a few Singles and/or EPs before you sign the next contract....then immediately sign and remix the Private Label album as a studio release using the best of the material.

[Lou]

Originally posted by Heichi:

Because I didn't see this addressed, all contracts require you to wait 1 year from your last contract CD.

Ooooh, that would explain that, yeah