The period between starting a music career and getting known (or “blowing”) can be very frustrating for any artiste who has nothing but his musical talent to depend on for survival. He or she scrapes the bottom of the barrel in hopes of getting paid gigs in order to keep body and soul together. And since the art requires full attention, it would be difficult for such a determined artiste to work full-time jobs while doing music, and part-time jobs may be very hard to come by. Also, there may not be support from the family who expects the artiste to spend his/her time doing something worthwhile rather that wasting their life chasing rainbows, and this can become an emotional burden on the artiste who may begin to doubt their chances of success and question their ambitions.


At this point, If they happen to come across any record label willing to sign them, they would hungrily jump at the offer without really considering the TERMS of their contract. Anything is better than Nothing! But fast-forward to a couple of months or years after this artiste has “blown” and is no longer desperate, the reality of their agreement begins to dawn on them when they realize that monkey dey work, baboon dey chop, or maybe they do not have any liberty to do thing they would really love to do, or they have to sing only the songs that the label want, or that they aren’t allowed to collaborate with anybody etc. This can be very frustrating and might even slow down their fame or success.


On the positive side– if the label didn’t help them maybe they would still be languishing in poverty somewhere, hoping to blow while time gradually leaves them behind.


On the negative side– they may have become richer and happier if they had stuck it out for the right opportunity rather that jump at the first opportunity.

So the one advice before signing any record deal is, NEVER GET TOO DESPERATE because you might not like your decision in the long run.

Examples of some artistes who regret their deals are Skales, Kiss Daniel, Brymo, Chidinma, Dj Zeez, etc.

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