What is the best music contract I can recieve?
95895
probably one from def jame or reprise records. reprise has green day, and look at them. even iff you dont like them, there still extremely famous.
425573
Record deals are not all they're cracked up to be. Generally speaking, the label fronts you a chunk of money when you're signed. Whan they don't tell you is that this money is out of *your* upcoming royalties that you haven't yet earned. And they find lots of ways to charge you money for things that are necessary to get your record out and promoted - and this comes  out of the money you haven't yet made.\n\nThis is why so many bands don't make it once they've been signed. Your best bet is to get out there and perform live in as many venues as you can. The venue gets a cut, but if you sell CDs, etc., then you pick up all the cash from that. It's possible that if you build up a local following, someone will eventually sign you. But you're better off staying independent, or looking for someone like Austin's Freedom Records (the label takes all of the profits till costs are recouped, then splits 50/50 with the artist. Contrast this to the usual 15% that the artist gets. Oh, and all the expenses that the label incurs? They come out of your 15%. Have a nice day!).\n\nAmerican Idol is the lottery. Your chances are a zillion to one. If you go out and work to build a following, and you stay independent as long as you can, you're more likely not to come out broke,
90979
Legal and FREE Stuff:\nhttp://music.download.com/\nhttp://www.garageband.com/\nhttp://www.purevolume.com/\n\nThese artists may not have air-time (and yes you do have to look for the good ones), but it is worth it if you are EXTREEMLY into music, plus it is an easy/cheap way to hear music you may have had no idea existed.
455905
you need to produce a demo disc of no more than 3 songs,then along with a CV,a photo and a covering letter send it out to every company you can.Also send out the same package to local and national radio-stations.If you don't hear back don't worry send out another, then another and another etc.............................................\nCOPYRIGHT:Once you have put pen to paper the work you produce is covered by copyright but make sure that everything you do is signed,dated and accompanied by the c in a circle.Also keep a diary of when you completed work and dates you send work out and who too.
875630
Legally you don't. And beware of sites where you can because you are not only downloading songs but lots of spyware and adware too, this can bog your computer down. Just buy it so the artist and everyone who worked hard on the album can get paid.
461374
I have a couple of friends that play gigs throughout town.  You need a following of people.  I would have a mail list set up at your gigs and inform them of when you are playing next.  When you have a big enough following, you can get into places like the Viper Room (in LA) or other places  (depending on your type of music).  These types of places have A&R scouts, managers etc.. \n\nDo everything you can to get the word out.  Go to myspace and start a band following there.  It also is a fast and easy way to let people know where you are gonna be playing..\n\nSending unsolicited tapes are the long shot way of getting a contract simply because there are so many submissions.. most of the time they end up in the trash (unless you are unique sounding or spectacular)..\n\nGood luck..
7677
iTunes, Napster, or Music Match.  All fast reliable and legal.  All music is at some level copy written material.  The band saying it is free doesn't make it so.  They have to jump thru a lot of hoops to give up all their rights so always take care getting music "for free".
32260
yeah... go to LA... start performing... if you're any good, they'll let you play bigger an bigger venues- most famous musicians were scouted that way by other musicians/proucers/executives.  Musical talant has almost nothing to do with getting a record deal tho- it's all about style... they've gotta be able to sell you! You need the right energy/attitude/taste for your genre... the most talented musicians I ever met would never even dream of seeking a record deal for that reason
755097
Just click your mouse at :\ngemm.com\nnetsoundsmusic.com - uk music market place\nmusicstack.com\noldies.com\nhalfvalue.com\namazon.com\nebay.com\n\nhope you can find what you want there, they got tons of items there. ok
789864
General opinion would be based on the following:-\n\n1.you would need to tell me exactly how long would you hang before you have made your comission on the interest.\n2.Who owns the masters\n3.who would own the copyright\n4What contracts would you expect me to sign up to and are these contracts approved by the musicians union in the UK???\n\nThese are questions all new comers to the music business should want to know the answers to. I am not looking to sign sign up but I hope the above is informative to any one who is interested.\n\n~v~
48834
The cheapest way of course is piratism, but since that's a not good answer, I'd say that MSN is good for downloading single songs, and Yahoo is good if you want to buy the entire album. I usually shop in stores, cause I don't trust online transactions too much.
695829
Check mymusic.com... use to work for them... they can order rare stuff... goo luck!
815156
If you mean for free, and legally, then nowhere.\nIf you want to pay up then try an online music store.\nIf you want it illegally, then find somewhere else to ask.\n\nRawlyn.
32745
Artist Direct (formerly UBL-Ultimate Band List) and iTunes are two of the better sites.\n\nAlso, Launch.com
1159554
Morpheus paid, it's 2 bucks a month for unlimited legal downloads. Or iTunes. iTunes is good for when you only wana a couple songs. \n\nYahoo! has a pretty good selection too.
30701
Sure. Go here and select the service you are most comfortable using. All listed here are legal.\nhttp://www.mp3.com/tracks/1724969/dl_streams.html
18074
The Yahoo music service is great, but it may not be for everyone.  The basic question is whether you want to have complete ownership of the music you like or not.  As long as you are a subscriber to the Yahoo service you have unlimited access to all of their songs, it is a great thing.  On the other hand, after you end your subscription you lose all of that music.  If instead you wish to own the music forever, then you may want to consider iTunes or napster.