>little known producers could get $250-$500 off beats. Now,
>it's producers with songs on radio who can't even sell shit
>for that much.
>
>I joke around that the girl who made "Teach me how to Dougie"
>got paid with a $25 Forever 21 gift card....but truth is, that
>song made millions, and she didn't even see a thousand up
>front...and only a few thousand on the "back end" which is
>what EVERY artist promises to producers. "When we get on?"
>"When this song hits radio?" "When we get our budget from the
>company?" = "YOU'LL GET PAID!"
>
>And a lot of unestablished producers who are smart
>businessmen, as I halfway was, won't even get a placement when
>it's like "Naw...I need THIS up front, THIS percentage
>promised if it gets royalties" and all that.


That's that bullshit. Nothing up front and a promise on the back end. As I said, if it's an artist that you really believe in, I can see throwing them a beat; I've done that myself. But when somebody hits me and I'm like "$xxxx up front, split publishing/mechanicals..." so on and so forth AND I want it in writing with my lawyers approval, they're like "Nah B, can I just get on that?".

Nope.

Which is why I have ONE release under my belt thus far.




... That's some cold shit about Runway Star. Did she really get a Forever21 card for that shit???

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I miss Tha D... But I'll never move back there.


R.I.P. Disco D