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This is a link post This may interest anyone who read the Music economics link below
Explains how the artist is screwed by the label. Breakdown is at 1:15. From the film Artifact which follows 30 seconds to Mars legal battle with their label.
(teh_raab Hail Seitan!, Fri 15 May 2015, 12:57, Reply)
This is a normal post seems bizarre that the label runs the artist like a business and then expects the artist to pay for it all
kind of like a factory owner expecting his workers to pay for everything including their own wages. I guess the underlying assumption is that there are so many struggling artists that they become valueless, and may be exploited like a limitless resource.
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Fri 15 May 2015, 13:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Are labels even relevant anymore?
If so maybe it can't be long before they become obselete
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Fri 15 May 2015, 13:30, Reply)
This is a normal post a look at the charts suggests they still are

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 15 May 2015, 13:45, Reply)
This is a normal post It's the marketing budgets.

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 15 May 2015, 14:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Is that still going is it?

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Fri 15 May 2015, 15:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I think so
*tunes SW radio*
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 15 May 2015, 16:28, Reply)
This is a normal post I've skimmed said article, nothing groundbreaking there?
Just a nifty sum-up.
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 15 May 2015, 15:21, Reply)
This is a normal post Music has been a business since the first guy got paid for it
not to realise this makes you a fucking idiot
 (Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Fri 15 May 2015, 16:21, Reply)
This is a normal post Meh, don't sign a to label then.
I have friends who make a good living playing a gig in a local pub every night and count themselves lucky that their passion is also their job. I also think of people like Jon Gomm and feel no sympathy for artists getting screwed by labels. Wanting stardom is just greedy. If you're good you should be able make a living by yourself. If you're not, then you're in the wrong business. If you think you should get paid millions for writing and playing music, you deserve everything you get.
 (I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Fri 15 May 2015, 17:17, Reply)