Posted by Good Question on 7/2/2009, 4:16 pm, in reply to " To JOHN PARKER"
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I think that is a good question, it is obviously coming from abroad so I don't mind the spelling or anything - I still can read it 
It's a good question to ask because it would be nice to know how labels can set up various contracts (without using any real artist examples for privacy reasons) as in compilation song contracts, CD single contracts, and even album "option" contracts (i.e. if a single sells well, the album may follow).
Let's see what John says and even what Stephanie says to get a general picture of how the industry works.
For sake of clarification, use 2 examples.
Artist 007 is an upcoming local artist and has a demo single completed and ready for presentation.
Artist 999 is an international artist with modest success, has a couple of international singles that either charted well or got onto playlists of major radio stations or club DJ sets, an album may or may not have been released in the artist's original territory by their parent label.
In the case of artist 999 I believe how it would work would be through the use of "sub-licensing" as the parent label internationally likely has the original licensing rights (not always the case though).
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