Producer Point's for those that don't know..

[Fyre]

hol up hol up so the producer gets 3% which comes out of the artist 15% then the store its sold at gets about a dollar which is about 5% so thats around 20% for the artist producer and retailer.... leaving 80% unaccounted for and im guessing this goes to who the label?....... thats crazy and whats even more crazy is that if im right the label not only gets 80% off every album sold but they also get the artist 12% untill everything they spent making the album comes back to them off that 12%

tell me if im wrong or not but if im right thats dayum near like robbery when it comes to album sells

[Change of POETS]

hol up hol up so the producer gets 3% which comes out of the artist 15% then the store its sold at gets about a dollar which is about 5% so thats around 20% for the artist producer and retailer.... leaving 80% unaccounted for and im guessing this goes to who the label?....... thats crazy and whats even more crazy is that if im right the label not only gets 80% off every album sold but they also get the artist 12% untill everything they spent making the album comes back to them off that 12%

tell me if im wrong or not but if im right thats dayum near like robbery when it comes to album sells

The price of fame, fam.

The label gets that 80% or so, and they pay everyone else. Distribution, Lawyers, Sample clearance, etc... Then they profit the most.

[Fyre]

I understand that the label has to pay out to lawyers and all but does sample clearance price fall on the label or artist..... at the same time besides promotion and distribution what does the label do for the artist that the artist doesnt pay for..... what i dont understand is why everybody involved get they money from the jump except the artist.. i can understand u gotta pay back advances thats like paying back a loan but dayum even loans thru the feds have a payment plan lol

[Change of POETS]

I understand that the label has to pay out to lawyers and all but does sample clearance price fall on the label or artist..... at the same time besides promotion and distribution what does the label do for the artist that the artist doesnt pay for..... what i dont understand is why everybody involved get they money from the jump except the artist.. i can understand u gotta pay back advances thats like paying back a loan but dayum even loans thru the feds have a payment plan lol

Labels pays for sample clearance, not the artist. The label technically owns the the music, so when they distribute it, they get sued if they didn't clear something.

Unless of course you own your masters, then you get sued for it.

No such thing as payment plans, fam. You recoup, and then you make your percentage.

[bknot1]

I understand that the label has to pay out to lawyers and all but does sample clearance price fall on the label or artist..... at the same time besides promotion and distribution what does the label do for the artist that the artist doesnt pay for..... what i dont understand is why everybody involved get they money from the jump except the artist.. i can understand u gotta pay back advances thats like paying back a loan but dayum even loans thru the feds have a payment plan lol

Your Business(UNDERSTAND)

and read it some more

[Fyre]

dayum yo this is crazy.... making me question if a major label deal is really what i want

[Fyre]

And im guessing that if your in a group then that same 12% is split between all the members of the group

[Change of POETS]

And im guessing that if your in a group then that same 12% is split between all the members of the group

Yep. Imagine how little Black Eyed Peas actually get?

4 members, at a 15% split (on the high end).

That means they get 3.75% each, assuming an equal split. Now break that down into album points, and 15% of 100% at a $10.99 CD price. That 15% yields them $1.65 per CD sold. Their last album sold 4 million +, so let's say 5 million for a round figure.

5 mil x $1.65 = $8.25M

$8.25M / 4 members = $2.06M

Taxes on $2.06M are 47% in the US, as it falls in the highest bracket.

So after Taxes, each member has $1.09M.

Keep in mind, this is BEFORE they take out the recoup...

Assuming they went low budget on production, etc... let's say they made the entire album for $2M.

Take out the $2M in recoup costs, and that leaves $2.36M to be split by all 4 members of the group.

Which means each member would end up with $591,800 after label recoup, and taxes.

That's for selling 5 million records...

[Fyre]

thats a dayum shame right there...

[bknot1]

bump for old time sake..