[atlantaprog] Re: solo artist development deals

My brother had a similar deal with this shady kind of guy in Nashville, who ended up skipping town owing studios, session players, photographers, etc. thousands of dollars. While bro wasn't financially liable for the $, he felt like a fool. He was later able to take the demos he'd cut for this weasel and score a $30,000 publishing deal with Warner/Chappell. He bought some gear, lived high on the hog for a few months, got married and never wrote another song again... but that's another story...


On Sep 1, 2005, at 2:36 PM, BK Broyla wrote:

I'm looking for some information here, from anyone who has first- or second-hand experience.  A friend has just gotten what is ostensibly a solo artist development deal with a guy who works for ASCAP/Sony Tree Publishing in Nashville.  It's a 1year/1year option for $30k + equipment allowance, where you record exclusively for this guy, who then tries to pitch you to record companies for a share of the publishing and record deal.  The problem is, various factors make me think the guy may be in it just to get the songs and pimp them out to an established artist, which would seem much easier than developing someone new from scratch.  (So the promise of 'artist development' would be possible, but mainly offered as a dangling carrot to get control of the songs.)
 
Does anyone have any experiences with this sort of thing that they could share?  What percentage of people signed to such deals actually go on to obtain recording contracts from it, as opposed to evolving into a songwriter-for-hire, or fizzling out?  I'm just curious for my own knowledge, because the friend has already agreed to do it.
 
Thanks,
Brian
 

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