There's something infuriating about record labels figuring out if something will hit and then jumping on it.
In the record label golden years, record labels could justify their outsized piece of the pie with the idea that (a) the make stars and (b) they take all the risk. These days, digital recording and distributions makes it all cheaper and de-risks record production. This kind of thing de-risks things further.
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There's something infuriating about record labels figuring out if something will hit and then jumping on it.
In the record label golden years, record labels could justify their outsized piece of the pie with the idea that (a) the make stars and (b) they take all the risk. These days, digital recording and distributions makes it all cheaper and de-risks record production. This kind of thing de-risks things further.
If you don't think a record company would are add enough to justify their share, sign with someone else or keep doing it all yourself.