Promotions versus singing skills

well honestly if you are a hands on promoter/agent  i've seen some get 40% and are well worth it 60% of 50 million would be better then 80-85 percent of nothing lol most get 12-20 % but also nothing up front- so they don't make money unless they are making you money( I'm speaking of the high end legit promoters - not the little promo company that charge you upfront, send you to their photographer- then to their brother for a demo and pass you on to 10 different sharks doing nothing for you- legitimate agents and promoters generally don't take anything upfront and if they believe in you they my even put in from their own pocket. So If you have a hands on promoter in your court personally I'd even give him half if he can get the job done- but nothing unless he can meet certain pre-determined  agreements - you can work out a slidescale agreement i.e 12% until a certain level of sales,booking etc and then up and or re-negotiate. Again ithis is with a Great promoter thats hands on. unfortunately some of the promoters I know (large scale ) don't ever even meet the client and in those situation no i don't think they should be paid much- those companies just kind of sub contract to anther sub-contractor even through 6-7- or more sub-contracter they are great promoters not because they are actually great promoters more because thet lucked out with a few clients which brought them many and the only ones you hear about are the successful ones the other 90+ percent that they haven't really succeeded in promoting fall to the wayside. so with those kind of large scale companies it's statistical a certain percent do well the rest don't and it's not due to the promo being great as much as just a statistical mergin of success- again if you can get one of the great ones interested and back of you- i say pay them very well even more then they ask- but nothing up front!

Last edited by Darrison N Bentheim-Murat (2008-07-07 14:26:45)