Summary: I was listening to an interview of Music Business Radio with Cas Haley where he was talking about coming in 2nd on America's Got Talent. This contest/reality show (of which I've never seen, I've given up on television). He mentions in the interview how the contract that he was offered would've paid him .75 a CD. Now I realize that with the big Sony machine behind him he could sell thousands of records. However, think about this: Can you name who won two years ago on any reality TV show (the voice, American Idol, etc). If you were to tell your CD for $10 at CDBaby, you may 8 TIMES AS MUCH per CD. For every Cd you sell at a gig, you would have to sell 8 more if you were on a label to receive the same amount. As he mentioned he could sell hundreds of thousands of CDs and STILL OWE MONEY. But Wait There is More. Then I stumbled across Zack Andrew who was tired of hearing everyone say, "You should go on America's got talent." Zack combines the unlikely skills of classical guitar and beat boxing. He looked into the contract and not only do they mention that the show may MAKE UP information about you to make you look interesting (I assume), but you sign away your rights to pretty much everything. You'll be the next hot thing until next year's winner. Wow.
