https://judyrodman.com/how-to-get-record-deal-1-what-record/ Vocal Coach • Singer • Speaker • Songwriter • Studio Producer • Podcaster Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:20:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://judyrodman.com/how-to-get-record-deal-1-what-record/#comment-860 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:40:56 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/how-to-get-a-record-deal-1-what-record-labels-want/#comment-860 After years of being in and around the country music business, I really hate what it seems to have now become. I don't want to talk about the "old days," but if labels are actually wanting artists to bring their own funding, maybe the way it was done back then should be discussed. Anyone who has been in the business for more than a few years have seen "artists" come to town with funding that were never signed to contracts by major labels. Nobody wanted to admit that a person could "buy" a contract, and in fact, that used to be just about the sole domain of the independent labels and publishers, and we all know what the industry thought of them. There was a time when new artists were warned not to spend their own money, and not to give their money to a producer, publisher, or label that promised stardom. Apparently that's all now changed. If the major labels are seeking artists that bring a lot of money to the table, then aren't they doing what they accused the independents of doing just a few years ago? Why was it wrong then, and right now? Why did the industry look down on independent publishers and labels who took money from would be artists, and now find that it is an acceptable practice because the major labels are doing it? Of course, the fact is that the business has changed so much, so quickly, that nobody can actually keep up with what's going on, or figure out how to make a living just making good music. It seems they'd rather have a reality TV show do their screening for them than to actually seek out and develop talent the old fashioned way. When you put it into perspective, ie, making as much money as possible, anyway you can make it, then I suppose it makes sense. I just wish they'd go back to making it about the music. By the way, this isn't sour grapes, it's an honest opinion coming from a person who doesn't mind change, but only when it's for the better. And the recent changes haven't made the music better, all they've done is elevate the scam to a much higher level, while selling music that isn't music, and talent that has to be electronically augmented just to hit the right notes. Positive change I'm good with, but are the changes really positive? Really? E. Don Harpe

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