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04-26-06, 10:44 PM | #1 | ||
I can rap and stuff.
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How much do small labels pay?
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I know this is kind of an herbish question but I really want to know some good answers. From Apexx especially.
I've heard some people say like a G a month and some guy at my school was talkin about 2 G's a week. =/ So basically, how much is a realistic amount of money you'll be getting while signed with a small label?
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04-26-06, 11:10 PM | #2 | ||
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04-27-06, 12:06 AM | #3 | ||
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it has alot of variables man.... there's no salary in rappin. it depends on what percentage of profits you're getting and how much gross income you're generating for the label though shows, merchandise, and record sales.
i'd go into further detail but i'm lazy, so i'd rather have someone else lol
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04-27-06, 12:12 AM | #4 | ||
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Small independant label?
Lmao.........They'll pay you to make your cd........' I mean.... Do indie labels even pay an advance? |
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04-27-06, 12:15 AM | #5 | ||
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probably about nothing.
labels don't issue pay checks. As an artist, the only way you'd be getting any regular pay is from doing shows on a regular basis. The benefit to small labels is a way bigger piece of the "pie" on your CD and/or more creative control. Pay scale: Major Label: about 12-15¢ on every CD sold. Small Label: about 35-50¢ on every CD sold. Independant Label: about $3 to $7 on every CD sold. on average. make no mistake. nothing, and I mean NOTHING in the industry is "standard". There's no "standard" contract, no "standart" pay, anything. yay.
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04-27-06, 12:40 AM | #6 | ||
I can rap and stuff.
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Oh, ok. Niggas be makin it sound like they gettin paid for being there and shit. *shrugs*
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04-27-06, 12:57 AM | #7 | ||
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Probably to make it seem like they're not broke or on the shelf. The only way they'd be getting paid consistently every week is if they're payroll like on a street team, you know, driving a van with someone elses face splashed across it (called "wrapped").
and street teams don't get paid anything near that grand a week lol. they're lucky to see a grand a month.
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04-27-06, 01:13 AM | #8 | ||
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Yeah. With my so called mixtape circuit that om tryna upgrade to professional. I sell about 150 to 200 Cd's a month off just one mixtape i make selling them for 5 dollars a peice with 20 tracks on them. And I still only make like from 750 to a 1000 a month for one mixtape. I still make more money off that mixtape if people late wanna buy em thats just what i averagely get from them. Best thing I can tell any one to do is just stay focus and keep rapping and if you wanna sell them sell ya own shit and hustle ya CD hard and have plans in life for other things than rapping. But trust me that money aint shit when you got expenses. Thats gonna be my small income when i get my own place and shit.
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04-27-06, 02:38 AM | #9 | ||||
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you have a mixtape out? how come I never seen any music on here just text? no pics of covers, nothin? Quote:
what? free studio time? labels are like loans? sell records and later they take a huge profit from you? lol, I get the feelin you don't know what you're really sayin man lol That'd be the most backwards label I ever heard of lol
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04-27-06, 11:18 AM | #10 | ||
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? what dont you get. i saw this on t.v where they explained it. Labels are in a way like a loan, IN A WAY. They the ones who copy out the cds and what not. but rappers dont get there money from selling cd, its real hard, you have to sell alot to make money, cuz you have to break even. cuz the label takes back alot of the money later that they did to put your name out. majority of the money comes from concerts and merchandise. and yes, you get free studio time. if you are under that label.
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04-27-06, 02:06 PM | #11 | |||
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it seems you're just trying to paraphrase what you 'learned' though the TV special without really knowing what you're talking about.... your wording is mad sloppy. i'll put it simple- You need to pay back whatever money the label puts into the project, plus you pay your managers, accountants, lawyers etc..... anything on top of that is yours.
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04-27-06, 03:57 PM | #13 | |||
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that's probally the most misinformed statement i've ever read.... and plus, most advances aren't even enough to buy a used 03 Toyota Camry.
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04-28-06, 01:13 AM | #14 | ||||
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most of that shit is RENTALS anyway.... n plus, this was about what a Small label pays, for a small/mid-level artist. you know what, ill post up some info for ya--- yeah i jacked it from another site... Quote:
and there you are. it's a long read, but it's shit most of yall need to know.
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04-28-06, 12:02 AM | #15 | |||||
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that's pretty close, but it's not always true, "sales" are based on "exposure" and deliv of product, aka...supply and demand. Publusher = gets you in the public eye, ear, nose, mouth and every where else they have the power to get you. aka, The Demand. Distribution = gets your records to the people who see your face everywhere. aka....The Supply. ^^it's all about those two. dosen't matter if it's a big, or small label. Quote:
what don't I get? are you for real? hahhhhahaha. you're funny. For starters, "getting your name out" is called Publishing. Publshing promotes the album on the Label's budget, not the artists advance. you have no clue what you're talking about. You saw something on TV and now you tihnk you know but you're way wrong man. Quote:
what??? ahahhahhah nah man lmao, multiplatinum artists get signing bonuses that they DON'T have to pay back cuz they're proven sales machines. You see it in the videos and think they give that shit to you too, they don't. and once agian, LABELS pay for publushing, it does not come out of your advance. if it did, Artists would drop when ever they want, instead of whne the LABEL wants.
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