{"id":7709,"date":"2012-08-12T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T23:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2012-08-12T19:10:11","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T23:10:11","slug":"how-not-to-get-a-record-deal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=7709","title":{"rendered":"How <i>Not<\/i> To Get A Record Deal."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0O-eGnq8cxA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m absolutely certain I could not have asked two better guests to lead the first module in our <a href=\"http:\/\/grindxdesign.com\"  target=\"_blank\">GrindXDesign<\/a> eight-week tele-course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HPX_feature5.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7680\" title=\"HPX_feature5\" src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HPX_feature5-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HPX_feature5-300x157.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HPX_feature5.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>The conversation takes place this coming Wednesday, August 15, 8 pm ET.<\/strong> It&#8217;s called, &#8220;How To Get A Record Deal,&#8221; and it&#8217;s led by <a href=\"http:\/\/wendyday.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Wendy Day<\/a>, right, and <a href=\"http:\/\/boothsweet.com\/attorney-profiles\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Dan Booth<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n<p>Why do I think they&#8217;re the best choice? <strong>Have you ever looked at a modern recording contract?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/booth-pic.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7681\" title=\"booth-pic\" src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/booth-pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a>Wendy has, and so has Dan, both many times. Apparently, what they&#8217;ve seen has so terrified them that they&#8217;ve decided to warn every human being who may, even accidentally, come across such a labyrinthine, all-encroaching, aggressively one-sided document.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy does this through her activism, as the long-standing founder of the advocacy organization, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapcoalition.org\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Rap Coalition<\/a>. Dan gets it in through his firm, <a href=\"http:\/\/boothsweet.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Booth Sweet LLP<\/a>. He describes himself as an attorney for &#8220;people in creative industries&#8221;\u2014that probably means you\u2014with a focus on copyright and trademark law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theknowledgetosucceed.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7696\" title=\"bookcover600pixelswide\" src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bookcover600pixelswide-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bookcover600pixelswide-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/bookcover600pixelswide.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Most of all, though,\u00a0 Dan and Wendy both have a passion for <em>right<\/em> that, in this cynical age, probably strikes evil people as mad <em>corny<\/em>, but that to me is admirable and desirable. Also, I <em>dig<\/em> Wendy&#8217;s direct, no-nonsense e-book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theknowledgetosucceed.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><em>How To Get A Record Deal: The Knowledge to Succeed<\/em><\/a>, right, so much that I bit the title for <strong>Grind<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">X<\/span>Design<\/strong>, and malformed it for this post.<\/p>\n<p>(Plus, Wendy was a guest this past Friday, August 10, at 2 pm ET,\u00a0on my WBAI-NY \/ 99.5 FM radio show, NONFICTION. If you missed the live show, here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.wbai.org\/files\/mp3\/wbai_120810_140007nonfiction.mp3\"  target=\"_blank\">the link<\/a>; go to the 32-minute mark if you don&#8217;t check out the whole thing. It&#8217;ll be in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.wbai.org\/allshows.php\"  target=\"_blank\">our archives<\/a> for up to 90 days after the broadcast.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>How <em>not<\/em> to get a record deal?<\/strong> The best way <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> to get a record deal is to <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> take <a href=\"http:\/\/grindxdesign\"  target=\"_blank\">the GrindXDesign telecourse<\/a>. And HURRY! The early bird price is an awesomely reasonable <strong>$77 for the whole eight weeks<\/strong>\u2014less than 10 bucks a session\u2014but it goes up to $97 on Sunday night! Don&#8217;t cry to any of us when the industry takes your money, B. When they do, it&#8217;s gonna be a lot more than a hundred bucks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/GRIND-X-DESIGN-logo1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7655\" title=\"GRIND X DESIGN logo\" src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/GRIND-X-DESIGN-logo1-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m absolutely certain I could not have asked two better guests to lead the first module in our GrindXDesign eight-week tele-course. The conversation takes place this coming Wednesday, August 15, 8 pm ET. It&#8217;s called, &#8220;How To Get A Record Deal,&#8221; and it&#8217;s led by Wendy Day, right, and Dan Booth, below. 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