ABSTRACT
At a time when the Internet and the web have opened the door for so many artists to offer their recordings to so many people, any discussion about income from recording and the involvement of record labels needs a brief preface. Artists must have recordings and live performance of the music from the recordings as the foundation of their career. Music drives every aspect of an artist’s earning potential for themselves and for the manager who oversees their career. Artists on private labels, indie labels, and major labels can all have success with their creative efforts. But the difference between them is often the scale of their success when success is measured in earnings, and earning potential can determine whether a professional manager could or should become involved in their career.
