Guess Who Lost Their Record Deal?

Nobody is going to give you a record deal. You have to prove you can sell. In fact major record labels are cutting their own big named artists who are not selling. Here is a list of all the artists who were dropped by major record labels in 2007.

***Add Omarion to this list he recently lost his record deal***

Airbourne
Alexz Johnson
Alkaline Trio
Amerie
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead…
Annie Steela
Ari Hest
Aslyn
Big Pooh and Little Brother
Blood Brothers
Bo Bice
Brendan James
Brett Ryan
Christian Daniel
Christina Milian
CMurder
Dandy Warhols
DMX
Fischerspooner
From First To Last
Goldie
Hedley
IMA Robot
INXS
JC Chasez
Jewel
J-Kwon
Joe Budden
Kelis — Yes Nas’ wife
Kevin Devine
King Elementary
Liz Phair
Melissa Auf der Mar
Men, Women and Children
Moby
Mooney Suzuki
Natalie Warner
Nine Inch Nails
Northern State
Otep
Over It
P.O.D.
Paris Hilton
Paul McCartney — He was one of the Beatles
Phase 9
Prophet Omega
Radiohead
Reeve Oliver
Ronnie Day
Ruben Studdard
Shaggy
Shout Out Louds
Skye Sweetnam
Sound Team
Sparklehorse
Stacie Orrico
Sugarcult
Summer Obsession
The Clipse
The Donnas
The Music
The Outline
The Redwalls
The Vines
What About Frank
White Stripes

All the acts that lost major label deals in 2007 [Hollywood Insider]

Listen to me people, especially teenagers, record labels are only signing people who proved they can sell. Why? They’re loosing millions of dollars to illegal downloading! To get a deal you have to make your own album, market it online, and get everybody listening to your song (like Soulja Boy did). IT TAKES TIME AND A LITTLE MONEY. My website tells you how to do do this.

Everyday I receive hundreds of emails and comments from people trying to get in the music business. Most of them sound like this ‘All I need is a chance. Singing is my heart, I’m really good, I have a God given talent’. Maybe you do, but millions of people across the world are saying the same thing. Watch American Idol, they all believe that.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
You have to Invest in Your career. Have you made a demo? Have you ever recorded in a studio? It’s not enough to write songs in a lyric book. It does not happen like a fairy tale or movie. You have to work at it. I posted a video clip of Destiny’s Child talking about how long it took them to break in the game. It’s a lot of work. They invested a lot of time and money.

There are some people who have a Fantasia Barrino type story. They audition for something, get the part, and the rest is history. This rarely happens. Ask Fantasia herself, her record label is considering dropping her. They already dropped Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks.

The best way to seal your career is to do what Soulja Boy did. Get a job, save some money, build a home recording studio ($1500-$2000 see the article I posted earlier about owning a home recording studio), make an album or demo, and promote it all over the Internet. Soulja Boy owns over 85% of his song rights. Most artists don’t get this much control, but since Soulja Boy marketed himself labels came to him. The labels had to listen to him because they wanted Soulja Boy’s fan market.

If Soulja Boy never made another song, he’d still have money (royalty checks) coming. Ruben Studdard and Taylor hicks do not. This website does not give out record deals, but we tell you how to be financially successful as a recording artists. Read the articles, have faith, work hard, and invest time and money in your recording career. God gave you the talent, but remember we all reap what we sew.