Thank you Liz. I walked away from a producer and wondered if I did the right thing. He presented a contract that required $2500 up front and then studio time, etc., because he was once in a famous band and he could take a stack of cds of artists to a label to see if it was liked.
2025-05-10 03:46:19
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lynn :
Am I in the music industry in ANY way??? Nope. Are you my FAVORITE creator?? YUP! 🥰🥰🥰 TY
2025-05-10 04:10:49
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MrKitty :
Final thought…. Who’s your attorney?
2025-05-10 07:09:14
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gitargary :
thxs info
2025-05-10 05:27:01
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BradleyMendoza :
What about if we want to reach out and find and hire a publicist? Then is it okay for us to ask for a price etc? Is there anyone you’d recommend?
2025-05-10 03:43:48
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Bluebird Skies :
Could you do a video about ppl who reach out via social media and want bands to pay a fee to “audition” ?
2025-05-13 23:56:02
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fartinabowl :
I had a great lesson from a manager: “If they call you, they pay you. If you call them, you pay them.”
2025-05-10 02:42:30
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Desirea Herrera :
I started writing books a couple of years ago as an Indie author. They call those people vanity publishers. Same deal run the hell away cause all they wanna do is bleed you dry.
2025-05-10 04:46:59
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ProdByTheWIZRD :
This all makes sense but I don’t understand the producer part. Do you mean producer like Rick Rubin or producer like metro boomin? How do I feed my family w/o placement fees?
2025-05-11 14:40:42
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Shaneescoda :
Thank you for the knowledge 🤩
2025-05-11 06:14:32
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Alyssa Marie Music Fan :
What about PR agencies?
2025-05-10 02:45:43
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LeighTheDisneyGirl :
If I was going into this business, I don’t think I’d work with anyone but you!! Gotta love a straight shooter❤️❤️
2025-05-10 02:43:15
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joyceisjbt :
Liz is my Fairy God Music Manager❣ 🥰
2025-05-10 22:15:31
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BarbaraAnn :
🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️run away with your own publishing 😂😂😂😂
2025-05-10 02:34:42
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TSNMI ❌ LADEN :
What about red flags for publishing companies?
2025-05-10 04:41:35
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ned flanders :
what if that music producer is max martin?
2025-05-10 04:44:43
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Jason Jobst :
Radio promo. 24 weeks of promo for 5k is the most I've seen but their artists get pretty high in the charts. Is this not needed?
2025-05-10 09:39:06
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sinnamon :
in my 30 years of session playing as a drummer I've worked with some shady producers who would get rich families to put up five grand a song back in the day and because I was a real session player I could save the producer money and instead of having the drummer play cuz they were young and inconsistent I would come in for a fee and do the whole record in a day as opposed to one or two songs and a lot of extra work for the engineer. so they might do a five or six on EP at five grand of song. that's $30,000. so this quote unquote producer would make a boatload of money I'd make six or seven hundred bucks for the day save them a whole lot of money on studio time and the producer pockets a huge payday. that is all the producer was interested in so after these groups have their glorified demo nothing ever happens cuz there's no incentive for this quote unquote producer who was an a&r guy at Capitol records already knows they're not going to get a deal cuz he could either sign them or take it to somebody else it all is label connections but he was making so much money with this racket he didn't have to do anything else. not bad to make about 20 grand for a week's worth of work that you did nothing but higher great people around you and you get to reap the benefits
2025-07-03 16:01:43
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Ty Tate II :
Rule #1: Never skip a Liz video 🙏🏽
2025-05-10 11:20:32
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an OldSoulMuse…ing :
I had a “manager” ask us (band) to pay his rent years ago…. We walked fast.
2025-05-10 04:43:31
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goneunknownofficial :
If producers shouldn’t DM artists how should we find artists to work with 1 on 1? Especially when we’re just starting out
2025-05-10 05:59:19
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twitchitt :
How do you find legit sync publishers? I thought there were libraries or something that you could pitch or apply to
2025-05-11 02:29:20
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omletmusic :
THANK YOU!!! Your advice is ALWAYS so helpful!!
2025-05-10 02:52:08
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Khari :
“Here’s my fee 😣” 😂😂
2025-07-03 15:38:52
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Clayton Scott :
Yeah, I just went to that. I had a contract offered, but before I could sign the contract, they wanted me to work with this promoter that he reached out to me and said I would have to pay $3000 for him to run a six week campaign on my music and that was supposed to be promoting it to radio station stuff like that.
2025-06-17 16:26:12
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