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Athena.Knight89
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12 years a slave OR a multi-million dollar Record Deal?!
Mar 8 2022 01:40PM more by Athena.Knight89
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🪄✨💔..Sorry to be the #realist and say🗣 this but
..I do not feel sorry for any of these music artists..
Record companies/label executives have been using
-&- abusing hungry/talented artists from the start because
nobody seems to want to invest their
time🕰 + money💰in 👉🏽ACTUALLY READING👈🏽 their contracts

-&- *successfully* negotiating the “Terms and Conditions”
of these #legallybinding #contracts📜
they be soOo #desperate to sign✍🏽 the rights/life away
-WITHOUT- proper legal representation that looks out for their
*best* interest + #longevity in the music industry, so they can’t honestly
blame thee 💿Record Companies.

🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️..After all, “..Business is business!”#factz💯 #caseclosed👩🏽‍⚖️💢

What do you guys think?
      
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loucfirr1
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Mar 8 2022 02:02PM     link to this

Some silicone sister with her manager mister
told me I got what it takes
She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
play the song with the funky break
sherkahn
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Mar 8 2022 02:08PM     link to this

Having invested in the entertainment industry and helped direct millions of dollars for movie projects and up and coming artists, I can tell you that it is the people whom manage and ”handle” the talent that guide media. Some artists are lucky to get a break, luckier to make it last, even luckier to get control over their art at that level. It’s a struggle and you boo-hoping them is a disrespect of all those who bust their ass to try to get to that level, and a show of ignorance.
Athena.Knight89
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Mar 8 2022 03:44PM     link to this


@Loucfirr1:
You’re gonna be bigger than the Wu-Tang Clan!😳🤯
Just sign here, here and here✍🏽
Now I own your soul🙇🏽‍♀️ -&- YOU owe me 1,000 💿albums!
🥳🥳..Cheers!🥂✨
Athena.Knight89
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Mar 8 2022 04:01PM     link to this


@sherkahn
🤥🤥🙄..I simply stated that artists MUST *read* contracts
BEFORE they sign✍🏽 away! I understand that being a music🎶
artist with a 💿 record deal is thee chance of a lifetime, but it’s NOT
worth it if you don’t own the rights to your own music🎶 + you end up
broke after many years of living a dream! And that’s exactly what happens
in thee end for these artists. BUT it’s their own fault. There’s no elevator on
the path to riches💰 -&- fame🤩 they have to take the stairs like everyone
else, put in the blood🩸 sweat😥 and tears😭 to make their dreams come true +
by not being desperate and signing their rights away or YES! They are to blame
for allowing a record label to cheat them and enslave them!

🧏🏽‍♀️: That’s just the TRUTH @sherkahn.. deal with it! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️
Athena.Knight89
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Mar 8 2022 04:10PM     link to this


But it’s our fault if we have shady + sketchy “managers/Daddy’s” amirite?!
Y’all don’t want me to blame the music🎶 artists for
their crappy 💿record deals because it’s a “Once in a Lifetime”
opportunity for them BUT the ladies here on this site are at fault for
allowing a loser to waste their youth -&- CON them out of their
hard earned $$$??🤔

How does that make any sense???
wunanddun
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Mar 8 2022 08:41PM     link to this

A real good interview about record labels trying to sign an artist and how they handled is is Jewel on the Joe Rogan podcast. That woman turned down the millions when she was just months recovered from being homeless. She still recorded but on her terms ... the rest is history....

You don't have to like Joe Rogan or Jewel for that matter... it's a very good interview and has some really good life lessons in there.

wunanddun
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Mar 8 2022 08:53PM     link to this

"disrespect of all those who bust their ass to try to get to that level, and a show of ignorance."

Plenty of talentless hacks making money there too it's not all hard work it's marketing and some bullshit connections that keep some in the money. Alot of that "management" is exploitation of people who will do anything to be famous and some get canceled for not playing the insiders game.
lovegun
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Mar 8 2022 09:56PM     link to this

a pack of newport and some puma sweats
InsearchofStarfish
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Mar 8 2022 10:28PM     link to this

tuff business

they have to make a lot on the successful ones to pay for all the shit that doesn't make it

some new avenues today and easier for more to get into it and maybe control their own shit...watching a few now...not really into that type of music, but love the way they are going about it and gathering eyeballs and ears. some love the message and effort they give...will spend money just to support THAT aspect of it. i might buy the album, just because -- not the only one, and numbers start to add up with gear and song sales



Mr.Horndog
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Mar 8 2022 10:48PM     link to this

If it was only that simple.
InsearchofStarfish
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Mar 9 2022 02:25AM     link to this

if you can get a big company behind you with the big music machine...chances are probably better to make it for sure

for those that aren't number 1 draft pics (voice like ariana or Rosé)...there are ways to keep yourself above water financially and visible...giving yourself a longer chance to make it...worse case you become a teaching pro like in golf...maybe making a 100-250k per year with online activities

the smart ones with decent talent are making big bucks online





InsearchofStarfish
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Mar 9 2022 05:30PM     link to this

that would seem to be the trick




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