contracts...

hey phlux, i'm just wondering, and this may sound like a stupid ass question, but im' wondering: do you guys have or need like a record contract or something? you guys have/need a record label or anything at all? cause i dunno if you need one if your just a local band or not, 'cause my band is gonna be recording our demo in a few months, and i needa know if we need a record contract or label or anything, i figured you guy might know.

posted by Cean Lakranski on Jul 21, 2003 02:47PM

From what I understand, having a contract with a record label usually gets you certain things. The music business can be very expensive, and musicians are usually broke, so the record company fronts you the cash (the "advance") to do some of the expensive things, like record an album, pay the independent promoters to get on the radio, pay for advertising and promotion, and that sort of stuff. That money comes with strings attached, and you have to pay it back. If you don't sell enough records as a result of all the money you spend, you wind up in the hole to a company that doesn't like you. There are a lot of success stories and a lot of horror stories about making deals with giant companies. It works out for some people, and it screws other people over. Steve Albini wrote up a neat article that breaks down the numbers. It's called The Problem with Music.

posted by Zach Beane on Jul 21, 2003 02:55PM

well, i'm not really into it for the money. i know what you mean, but i don't care about being famous and the money n groupies n all that. that's not what i want. i just want everyone to hear me out through my lyrics. that's mainly why i'm in the band i am now. nobody in the band (for the exception of the lead singer *ah-hem*...) is in it for the money. i'm in so people can listen to what i have to say. cean's in it because he loves playing the bass in front of people. josh is in it because he wants to play in front of everyone. (and i'm sorry if i make this seem personal, mentioning names and the like). so yeah, i guess you're right about the record contract/label. except i'm not sure how many people will be interested of our young and "tender" ages (14-18/19). but it's still worth a shot at it. i don't even care if we make it big or not. but we're still working hard at it. our demo is only going to be in the toledo area.

posted by Cean Lakranski on Jul 21, 2003 04:29PM

*ah-hem*... i resent that mark of me being in the band only for the money. i'm in it for the groupies!.. not really. the earliest release date for our demo (so far) is december 15th -through- april 6th. (such a long period because we havn't even recorded it yet.) and i doubt that our cd will be out any time soon after that.

posted by Corey Thompson/Parlemos on Jul 21, 2003 04:34PM

why do we have a release dat on our demo if it's not even recorded yet? and btw, we can't go to maine this coming month. we're not recording in september, we're recording in august for two weeks. starting august 4th-18th. so you'd better have the OFFICIAL release date updated AFTER WE RECORDED IT!... i know this puts a damper on alotta my plans too. i was expecting to do alotta other shiznit this month too. but if we can, we can just go to maine in september to see jacob. (and sorry again about the personal issues and talking about our band again on your website. i just had to finish off the page...)

posted by Cean Lakranski on Jul 22, 2003 09:18PM