PART ONE: Understanding Record Labels
- Why Do You Want a Record Deal?
- Independent vs. Being Signed
- Working with a label
- Being independent
- Why Signing a Record Deal Is Like a Marriage
- What a Record Label Is Looking for in an Artist
- Truth Bomb: The Label Sees You as an Investment
Not as an Artist
- Negotiating the Highest Advance and Best Deal Possible
- How You Get Paid from a Record Label (it’s not so great)
PART TWO: Different Types Of Record Deals
PART THREE: Record Contracts:
- What You Need to Know Before You Sign pg59
- The Advance pg62
- Royalty Rate
- The Term (This cost me A LOT of money)
- How Many Songs or Albums You’re Committed
to Delivering
- Rerecording Restrictions pg79
- Keeping Artistic Control pg81
PART FOUR: How to Submit Your Demo, and Show - You’re Ready to be Signed
- Getting Your Demo Ready pg87
- Seeking Feedback
- Making Contacts: Music Conferences and Events
- How to Email a Record Label — And Get a Response pg102
PART FIVE: PERSISTENCE PAYS pg119
- The Fortunes Are in The Follow