This is ALSO typically how musicians get sweet fuck all and often end up OWING labels if they have the misfortune of getting on a RIAA-owned label--in many cases, the artists are forced to sign contracts that essentially remove the rights to their own songs or even stage names. It's not just new bands that suffer this--John Fogerty, of all folks, not only suffered this with Creedence Clearwater Revival, but ended up being sued by his own former record label because they thought his solo stuff was "too similar" to CCR. :P
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Date: 31 Mar 2010 03:41 pm (UTC)This is ALSO typically how musicians get sweet fuck all and often end up OWING labels if they have the misfortune of getting on a RIAA-owned label--in many cases, the artists are forced to sign contracts that essentially remove the rights to their own songs or even stage names. It's not just new bands that suffer this--John Fogerty, of all folks, not only suffered this with Creedence Clearwater Revival, but ended up being sued by his own former record label because they thought his solo stuff was "too similar" to CCR. :P