What is a good signing bonus for a up and coming Bay Area rap artist?
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See, in this industry you CANNOT short change your artists and expect them to stay loyal, You cant eat steak while ya whole crew sip soup...
If you sign with DirtyNigga LLC, we offer the following signing bonus
$122.38* and 6 lottery tickets distributed throughout the year
1. 2 Cases of Top Ramen (the variety pack too !!)
2. 14 bags of Fritos
3. 10 packets of mayonnaise
4. a 5 lbs brick of cheese
5. a case of slim jims
6. 1 slightly used bread bag
7. Access to our studio facility which includes hot running water
8. a photo shoot with Chyniqwa "DaT*BiGBoOtYhOe*uKnOw" Jackson and open access to our Facebook network of actors,politicians,directors,CEO's and Financial Advisors
All contracted artist will receive an Greendot Credit Card to be used during the first week of every month for "personal expenses**
*not to be distributed in one single payment, this will be broken into 8 seperate payments through the contracted year
**DirtyNiggaLLC is not responsible for funding or applying funds to these cards, all card start with a $10 balance.
We live in a day and age where there are more rappers than actual fans....
10k for a signing bonus would be nice, but a lot of indie labels are working with a 4 figure budget, if that. And the amount of artists that will actually bring in 10k +profit and stay loyal is pretty low when you got 946 new albums dropping a day and everybody and their mama got a record label
If you sign with DirtyNigga LLC, we offer the following signing bonus
$122.38* and 6 lottery tickets distributed throughout the year
1. 2 Cases of Top Ramen (the variety pack too !!)
2. 14 bags of Fritos
3. 10 packets of mayonnaise
4. a 5 lbs brick of cheese
5. a case of slim jims
6. 1 slightly used bread bag
7. Access to our studio facility which includes hot running water
8. a photo shoot with Chyniqwa "DaT*BiGBoOtYhOe*uKnOw" Jackson and open access to our Facebook network of actors,politicians,directors,CEO's and Financial Advisors
All contracted artist will receive an Greendot Credit Card to be used during the first week of every month for "personal expenses**
*not to be distributed in one single payment, this will be broken into 8 seperate payments through the contracted year
**DirtyNiggaLLC is not responsible for funding or applying funds to these cards, all card start with a $10 balance.
We live in a day and age where there are more rappers than actual fans....
10k for a signing bonus would be nice, but a lot of indie labels are working with a 4 figure budget, if that. And the amount of artists that will actually bring in 10k +profit and stay loyal is pretty low when you got 946 new albums dropping a day and everybody and their mama got a record label
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When one of my homies signed with a big indy label they gave him a $15,000 signing bonus. Major label should do a lil more
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I've come across local artists who sign on with the independents getting around $10,000 that was in 2009 so it probably hasn't changed. This particular deal is $30,000 with a 50/50 split on the album revenue once ALL expenses are recovered and a 50/50 split on publishing. I thought that was a rather generous % and as far as the major labels I thought they may float around $200,000. Thanks for the info.
I don't know why anybody ever expects a serious answer to anything on this site lol
Its horrible.
Ask Gold Toes or A-Wax how much they pay I bet they either give you long ass answer that results in "it depends on the artist" or they don't respond to you at all.
I heard Big Tone was complaining he wasn't getting any money, I heard Lynch complain he wasn't getting any money, I basically hear every rapper on here complain they don't get hardly any money. But then they show off all the cars and money off in the youtube videos so I'm confused.
Ask Lil Lucky how much Gold Toes paid him you might get a more accurate answer. That fool still has roach's lol
Its horrible.
Ask Gold Toes or A-Wax how much they pay I bet they either give you long ass answer that results in "it depends on the artist" or they don't respond to you at all.
I heard Big Tone was complaining he wasn't getting any money, I heard Lynch complain he wasn't getting any money, I basically hear every rapper on here complain they don't get hardly any money. But then they show off all the cars and money off in the youtube videos so I'm confused.
Ask Lil Lucky how much Gold Toes paid him you might get a more accurate answer. That fool still has roach's lol
no bonus just hope and pray you recoup some money for the time you wasted fucking with that bullshit. these artists arent making money from the music shit. they will take your money and laugh all the way back to the trap house and you have fun trying to recoup that shit. lol. only way is to sue people for illegal downloads.......... ha ha.
This deal sounds cool in theory but realistically there are only a handful of Bay Area artists that can recoup $30k. You know that's what that means right? The label will front you $30k and not pay you again til you make that money back on sales. And that's only the money the label is spending on the signing bonus. That doesn't necessarily account for production expenses, manufacturing, and advertising. You'd have to sell 6,000 copies at least to hit $30k. Add a few racks for manufacturing, maybe the artist can cover the production/recording costs, but add a few more racks for ads. You're looking at having to sell 10,000 copies to recoup. I just don't see many Bay artists with that kind of sales potential these days. I'd be worried about not recouping and having to owe the label.