[Askari]

Originally Posted by Itz Killz

aye Ask...not to be a buzzkill...but i was curious about how this works...when you sign...do you lose your ability to control your 'intellectual property'....or whatever they call it?

It comes down to the contract man. The way we have it is that all copyrights remain our own, but the label retain a right to a certain cut of royalties made from those works. All that's been worked out though, basically they give us all the studio time we need, manage us, whore us out to radio stations, big festivals, promoters and the majors etc and when the EP's/Singles/Albums sell they recoup a percentage of the sales to cover costs (and make a small profit of course). We've known these guys for a while though, they're well connected but they're straight up as well, so we've no worries RE: getting fleeced or whatever. To us it's not too much about the money either way, it's a massive opportunity to finally be a full time musician. A couple of number 1 albums would be nice though lol.

Thanks everyone for the support too, it's a huge step up for any struggling band, after 3 years it's nice for it to finally be paying off.

---------- Post added at 09:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:04 PM ----------

Originally Posted by FAME

What type of music you play?

Kind of a Primal Scream XTRMNTR vibe, but based more around guitars than keyboards & samplers. U2 meets Faithless, if you can imagine lol.

[Askari]

Originally Posted by Itz Killz

aye Ask...not to be a buzzkill...but i was curious about how this works...when you sign...do you lose your ability to control your 'intellectual property'....or whatever they call it?

It comes down to the contract man. The way we have it is that all copyrights remain our own, but the label retain a right to a certain cut of royalties made from those works. All that's been worked out though, basically they give us all the studio time we need, manage us, whore us out to radio stations, big festivals, promoters and the majors etc and when the EP's/Singles/Albums sell they recoup a percentage of the sales to cover costs (and make a small profit of course). We've known these guys for a while though, they're well connected but they're straight up as well, so we've no worries RE: getting fleeced or whatever. To us it's not too much about the money either way, it's a massive opportunity to finally be a full time musician. A couple of number 1 albums would be nice though lol.

Thanks everyone for the support too, it's a huge step up for any struggling band, after 3 years it's nice for it to finally be paying off.

---------- Post added at 09:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:04 PM ----------

Originally Posted by FAME

What type of music you play?

Kind of a Primal Scream XTRMNTR vibe, but based more around guitars than keyboards & samplers. U2 meets Faithless, if you can imagine lol.