Yes. I’m in Austin now. But the fam back home is good so far. Multiple friends lost houses though :(

Santa Ana winds that were upwards of 90 MPH and 8 months of no rain. They had issued red flag warnings about fires before they started. Regardless of what sparks started them it was pretty much inevitable. I don’t think it’s mass arson or conspiracy of some sort.

Haha yeah the touring side needs its own thread. And as far as record contracts go the one I laid out is pretty much best case scenario. There are only 3 major labels. So if you want to go that route there’s not much option for negotiation.

This scenario is just streaming/sales/syncs etc. Many artists still have 360 deals though where the label is taking a piece of everything.

It depends on how frugal you are. If you spent a lot of money on your record and promotion it will be a lot more to recoup. With touring it depends on how much you spend on production/travel etc. All the business people get paid off the top and the expenses come out of the artists pocket after that

Granted if you don’t recoup you don’t have to come out of pocket to pay it back. But this type of loan makes a pay day loan look reasonable.