Whats the gist about Royalties?
We wanted to avoid artist royalty payments for 2 very specific reasons: 1. avoiding administration & paperwork hassles 2. we wanted to get money into the artists hands EARLY because of the nature of the music industry as it is today. We feel that by giving an amount of CDs to the artists to sell for their own 100% profit, (20 to get started and then any future orders at our cost) that the artists would get money QUICKER than waiting years for royalties that, on a pro-rata level with the other artists, would end up much, much less. I guarantee you. Let me explain further: there will be expenses Warrior Girl Music will make beyond what the pool of artist money will help pay for, including administration, labor, mastering, packaging, art design, initial manufacturing (and ongoing manufacturing), promotion and advertising, retail distribution marketing, PR, radio and press, and tour coordination. So, notwithstanding, there will be costs that WGM will incur. Artists do not, in a normal reco
