Comments on: “360″ Music Deals Become Mandatory As Labels Prepare For Free Music

By: Pop

Pop — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:09:33 +0000

kinda harsh but i agree 100%

By: Editorial : When Will Rap Artists Stand Up For Their Rights?

Editorial : When Will Rap Artists Stand Up For Their Rights? — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:55:45 +0000

[...] They searched far and wide for mechanisms to bring into fruition this desire, and they found it: The 360 deal. [...]

By: 360 deals: the music industry’s bailout « dreysay

360 deals: the music industry’s bailout « dreysay — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:02:44 +0000

[...] deals: the music industry’s bailout “360″ Music Deals Become Mandatory As Labels Prepare For Free Music by Michael Arrington 360 Music deals give labels their standard cut of CD and digital download [...]

By: Godamus Rhyme

Godamus Rhyme — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:02:42 +0000

“That’s silly. Artists who end up in the red never have to take the hit. The record companies do. You take that $ from the bank, totally different story.”

That is actually a false assumption. if an artists album flops, the artist is still beholden to the label for recouping expenses. And the artist doesnt see any profits until the recoup.

If the artist stays with the same label, the bill gets tacked on to the expenses for the next album. Even if the artist is dropped, or has their deal bought out by another label, many times at least part of the revenue from their next project with a new label has to go back to the original label because they still owe the label a tab.

Labels ALWAYS get theirs first if an artist is at all commercially viable. And even if an artist is totally unsalvageable and is dropped completely, the label gets tax write offs for the business expenses.

By: Godamus Rhyme

Godamus Rhyme — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:57:43 +0000

Exactly right. Most of the services these major labels claim to provide to their artists can be or ARE subcontracted for. Promotion, management, distribution, marketing…

There are many firms that work on multiple levels of the music industry that once an artist reaches the point they are large enough to NEED someone else to do those things effectiveley, they can contract the tasks out to these companies. Cause in the end, that’s what a lot of labels do anyway.

By: 1131

1131 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:08:47 +0000

The music industry has been hijack i just read the bio on mr bronfman and it says hes apart of the Council on foreign relations aka CFR aka NWO aka Devil, anyone dealing with him is dancing with the devil point period. and his non profit organization endeavor sounds more like and endeavor to expand on there globalization of the world. Hip Hop music has been hi jacked take it back . majestic myspace.com/majestichiphop

By: 1131

1131 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:07:50 +0000

By: 3 Important Musings on Music, Multichannel Retail & Marketing, and in Search of a Unicorn | The Other I

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:05:53 +0000

[...] labels are getting a clue of this in 360 deals and exclusive merchandising agreements. Could this mean an exploitation of an artists rights, or the effective usage in the strength of a [...]

By: Small ways to promote a band socially - Joe Ryder, (a)g

Small ways to promote a band socially - Joe Ryder, (a)g — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:52:46 +0000

[...] and, in turn, being a professional musician, is going to change dramatically in the next few years, you are fooling yourself (ask TechCrunch). Even big labels know things are changing. They have a plan of action, and though [...]

By: “360″ Music Deals Become Mandatory As Labels Prepare For Free Music « T.A.G. Blog

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:03:38 +0000

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By: Bowie Bonds and the Future of How the Publishing Industry is Financed - Kid Mercury's Blog

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:07:44 +0000

[...] right direction. Here’s some thoughts on where we go from here: 1. As has been noted by others, such as TechCrunch, the future of publishing rights is in 360 deals; in other words, allowing marketers/publishing [...]

By: The Emergence of the Beautiful 360 Deal « Ezeeuqs2luos’s Blog

The Emergence of the Beautiful 360 Deal « Ezeeuqs2luos’s Blog — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:32:53 +0000

[...] at a bare minimum. Multiple Rights Deals, also known as 360 Deals, have developed recently as a response to the continued decrease in album sales. The deal is played out as the title obviously explains, giving record companies, or any entity for [...]

By: D-West

D-West — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:30:16 +0000

Anyone who signs a 360 contract is absolutely nuts.

By: bobbybell

bobbybell — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:32:08 +0000

i gotta say that when i herd about this 360 deal
i was not suprised the music bizz is flat they don’t
have what it takes to make there bussiness work
to me they are the ones that made the internet
music go the way it’s gone you see artis r awake now
and we see and here each other and they have to remember we r older now and not just waiting to get a deal so you reap what you so now we as artis need and have to take care of our young

By: “360″ Music Deals Become Mandatory As Labels Prepare For Free Music « STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:58:06 +0000

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By: “Hand In My Pocket” - 360 Record Deals Look To Become The Norm « MalaysianEmcee.com

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:04:58 +0000

[...] “360″ Music Deal Becomes Mandantory As Labels Prep For Free Music [Tech Crunch] [...]

By: Craxxi.com : “Hand in my pocket” - 360 Deals are becoming the Norm in the music Industry!

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:03:15 +0000

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By: Don

Don — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:27:11 +0000

Scott C, you are retarded. People like you are the reason why the music industry is going down the toilet. You like to listen to music but you don’t feel like paying for it to help support the artists that you like. You dont go to concerts either so these artists that you steal from (it’s not sharing, it’s stealing, Let’s make that crystal clear) make no money to keep their career going. So in the end there won’t be any REAL artists left, just Mickey Mouse, commercial bullshit because the little guys wont be able to make a career out of music because there is no way to make any money off their music that they worked so hard on only for idiots like you to steal. People have got to wake up and change before the industry turns into one big corporate mechanism where basically an artform is turned into one big commercial for us to be brainwashed by. Fuckin A

By: 360 Deals Quickly Becoming The Norm. « …Yah Lean…

360 Deals Quickly Becoming The Norm. « …Yah Lean… — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:41:27 +0000

[...] April 21, 2009 · No Comments Music Industry moving more and more to 360 Deals with artists. [...]

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Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:54:19 +0000

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tremor.se nerdigare kan ingen vara » Till sist… — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:25:38 +0000

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By: La Excepción, por la patilla « “It’s only rock and roll but I like it”

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:13:18 +0000

[...] es más que un contrato 360 al revés, en el que no es la discográfica quien trinca por todo, es el grupo quien controla el [...]

By: El estado del arte: protegiendo a los artistas « Historias del bardo

El estado del arte: protegiendo a los artistas « Historias del bardo — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:15:07 +0000

[...] industria discográfica ya tiene claro que la distribución de la música acabará siendo gratuita, y se está preparando. Saben lo que todos sabemos: que Internet es el mejor medio de difusión que ha existido jamás, y [...]

By: Brave New World « the Hit Music Academy

Brave New World « the Hit Music Academy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:55:17 +0000

[...] keep figuring out new ways to structure record deals even more unfavorably for artists– the 360 deal (aka multimedia deal) being their latest attempt to take a bigger (and undeserved) portion of [...]

By: Counting Crows Go Label-Free

Counting Crows Go Label-Free — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:04:52 +0000

[...] world, and more are sure to follow. Labels are pushing all of their artists to sign 360 music deals that give them a cut of every revenue source, as CD sales become increasingly shaky. Without those [...]