Touring just got a little harder for bands who depend on merch sales as their main source of income. Labels have increased the price of the CD’s that bands buy back from the label to sell at concerts. In some cases the amount is only 50 cents, but even that adds up. Roadrunner however has increased their buy back price to $12.00 meaning their artists would likely have to sell CD’s for $15.
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10 Responses to “Touring Just Got Harder For Bands”
that’s why i F’ing HATE labels. That’s such bullshtuff. (man, i really want to swear). LOL
That just goes to show you that labels don’t really give a shit about the bands they want their money and thats it.
Yea they wonder y they dont sell any CDs its becuz the labels r greedy lil bastards
Roadrunner is rediculous, I could probably buy half of the CDs from Best Buy or Amazon for less than they are charging the band
Indie labels are dropping bands too .. it doesn’t matter what label your own .. Roadrunner is a large indie. If your rich DIY .. if your not .. get a safe deal where you won’t get shelved and owe advance money. Its about playing the game right and having some sick management/lawyers.
for some reason. im pretty sure u could take this to court. cuz wouldnt the band have more right to the tracks that they write and perform then the people who pay the band to write the songs.
No, most of the time the label owns the masters and can pretty much tell a band what to do and when to do it, otherwise its bye-bye.
Roadrunner is/will become a victim of WMG.
Exactly. When you sign to a label they’re paying you to write songs for them. They’re the ones with the rights.
chris & pen stole the words right out of my mouth. but yeah, wha they said
Less money to bands=less motivation to tour=less money to labels and repeat. The labels need to get their act together. Plus, a line of blow off a hookers ass is much less lucrative when you aren’t using 100 dollar bills.