>>I presume you're talking about it from your point of view as a middle man rather than the artists perspective.
No, I don't take a cut of CD sales or downloads, if that's what you mean. All sales go directly to the artist. The only middle-man is the distributor-- be it online or off.
BTW, managers are hired by the artist, to advocate for the artist. My only perspective under this arrangement is the artist's perspective.
>>How is that? I'm sure if he had a choice he'd cut out the leeches.
I think if Al wanted to take a step back from the way he's always done things and look at the infrastructure available to him now that might not have been at the start of his career, he'd find there are ways he can enjoy his financial well-being, independent of this contract he signed that he doesn't like.
I manage an artist who also has a couple of discs sold on iTunes, through CD Baby. The deal from iTunes is far more lucrative than any of the other 61 companies to which the music has been serviced to so far. Not only that, but the $0.63 per track is roughly on par with what we see from our retail distributors on the ground, but with the added bonus that we don't have to manufacture anything.
iTunes doesn't hurt Weird Al. Weird Al hurts Weird Al.
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>>I presume you're talking about it from your point of view as a middle man rather than the artists perspective. No, I don't take a cut of CD sales or downloads, if that's what you mean. All sales go directly to the artist. The only middle-man is the distributor-- be it online or off. BTW, managers are hired by the artist, to advocate for the artist. My only perspective under this arrangement is the artist's perspective. >>How is that? I'm sure if he had a choice he'd cut out the leeches. I think if Al wanted to take a step back from the way he's always done things and look at the infrastructure available to him now that might not have been at the start of his career, he'd find there are ways he can enjoy his financial well-being, independent of this contract he signed that he doesn't like.
I manage an artist who also has a couple of discs sold on iTunes, through CD Baby. The deal from iTunes is far more lucrative than any of the other 61 companies to which the music has been serviced to so far. Not only that, but the $0.63 per track is roughly on par with what we see from our retail distributors on the ground, but with the added bonus that we don't have to manufacture anything. iTunes doesn't hurt Weird Al. Weird Al hurts Weird Al.