Cleon’s Comments

• Jan 14th, 2011 @ 2:49pm

  (untitled comment)

  on RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales
  Though the premise is essentially correct the pie chart is wrong in at least one or two areas. The producer does not make 3%(average) of the band's share but 3 (or more) per cent of the dealer price of the unit sold. Also 13% is an incredibly low royalty. The entry level these days is around 18%.Many new deals are stronger in favour of the artist than that and there are others that are more adventurous that involve profit sharing as well. Having said this I still would strongly advocate doing things indie if you can afford it and you have the financial backing to make and promote your own product.