 Distilled1
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 3:37 PM
My Head HURTS 
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 aflunky
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 4:20 PM
Oh my god, this is so fuckin dry, I can't read this shit. IS THERE A LAWYER IN THE HOUSE?
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 8111
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 11:13 PM
the sheer power of total confusion...
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 ShadowMom
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Date: December 19, 2005 @ 9:35 PM
In English, please!!!!!
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harperandjoh...
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Date: January 2, 2006 @ 6:50 PM
it's easier uploading to Dmusic 
I will have to read this in full when I'm not so tired
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EnfectedRecords
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Date: January 23, 2006 @ 1:45 AM
thanks for the info Leflaw 
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victorsskull
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Date: January 23, 2006 @ 9:34 AM
ok then 
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 onewhodreams
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Date: January 23, 2006 @ 10:39 AM
Wow... 
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 InsaneWayne
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Date: January 23, 2006 @ 9:34 PM
do I have to sign that in my blood like the contract with Satan? geeze, Satan has less power over me then Sony would have sign away...
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evansorchid
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Date: January 25, 2006 @ 9:17 AM
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 Jazzmary2U
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Date: January 26, 2006 @ 6:39 PM
Ya know, Leflaw.. I been there, done that!! I was in a room full of suits and lawyers on the upteenth floor of a skyscraper.. I was smart enough to have my own representation at that time.. I'll find the contract that I never signed with Geffen.. but this contract is short to what we were presented with.. they musta thought we had something because they were relentless to cover all details.. including the infamous phrase "works for hire".. and you are presenting the BEST  advice to dmusicites! Get  read through this and UNDERSTAND.. I did, and it saved me years of indentured servitude!! 
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 leflaw
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Date: January 26, 2006 @ 7:24 PM
Thanks Jazzmary. Send over that Geffin Contract when you find it!
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BIR
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Date: February 23, 2006 @ 4:45 AM
OMG thats too crazy,and :blaa::blaa:
"sign that in my blood"..lol
Creed did that..but it made the contract Void.
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TameasDust
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Date: March 3, 2006 @ 11:49 AM
 and I thought my journal was long ... now I need an elevator 
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K3VIN
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Date: March 24, 2006 @ 10:48 AM
 o come on sign it, all your friends are doing it
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pullmytrigger
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Date: March 29, 2006 @ 8:11 PM
*laughs at k3vin
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rico
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Date: April 3, 2006 @ 2:44 AM
crap that's long.. i think i saw something in there about giving my rights to my first born child... yikes!
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Fire-Eater
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Date: April 4, 2006 @ 1:08 AM
It kind of confirms something I once read in a Morrissey interview. It was to the effect of: The music industry isn't looking for smart or clever recording artists, these days. They just want a bunch of young, naive kids who'll sign a contract without making a fuss.
I guess the best contract signing survival kit would be something along the lines of a thick, black, sharpie. 
(Maybe even two of them, incase the first one dries up.)
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LORDSTYLE
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Date: April 11, 2006 @ 4:19 AM
DAMN............AINT DAT A BITCH!
THANKS..........FOR THE COMFORMATION...........FA REAL!
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further21
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Date: May 25, 2006 @ 2:42 AM
very long and quite interesting.
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 tsand19151
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Date: May 26, 2006 @ 3:07 AM
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DrUmMeR-GuY
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Date: June 10, 2006 @ 12:14 AM
i read the entire thing, id say, question,
(9.01. We will pay or cause you to be paid a royalty computed at the applicable percentage, indicated below, of the applicable Royalty Base Price in respect of Net Sales of Phonograph Records (other than audiovisual Records) consisting entirely of Master Recordings recorded under this agreement during the respective Contract Periods specified below and sold by)
And this one especially this one ...
(a) You and Artist will cooperate with us, as we reasonably request, in making photographs and preparing other materials for use in promoting and publicizing the Artist and the Recordings made under this agreement, at our expense (which shall not be an Advance) and subject to the Artist’s prior professional commitments
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DrUmMeR-GuY
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Date: June 10, 2006 @ 12:16 AM
I forgot to say Definately think evrything through. Dont rush through it or u will be screwed. I know, Lost some equipment that way lol. . .
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GreatGooglyM...
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Date: June 30, 2006 @ 4:53 PM
How enthralling.
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TLK
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Date: July 23, 2006 @ 8:42 AM
LOL @ the  in 3.03.1
Hmmm, don't sign it. 
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DJEV
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Date: July 31, 2006 @ 8:06 PM
Hmm, Gee? And just to think? I always like getting a  when I AM getting  
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joycedavis
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Date: August 18, 2006 @ 1:58 PM
there's a lesson in business, and sorry artists - - you have to have a good and sharp business sense to get a "contract" don't count on your lawyer to just represent you without you knowing what it all means - it would be just like giving him your checkbook and dayplanner and saying - go ahead - spend it as you see fit, and plan the rest of my life as well (or some time thereafter). you really have to know music law/business to some degree. inho. peace-----jd
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 perkie1973
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Date: August 26, 2006 @ 12:20 PM
This Recording Agreement is a perfect example of the "MusicBusiness"...PRINT IT...MEMORIZE IT....READ AGAIN!!!!!
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DJEV
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Date: September 2, 2006 @ 2:40 PM
AGREES WITH PERKIE!! TAKE CLASSES IN BUSINESS, LAW and umm DONT SIGN THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT THE HECK YOU ARE SIGNING!! PROTECT YOURSELVES!!! I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY GOOD FRIENDS GET SCREWED BY GETTING PUSHED INTO SIGNING THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS WITHOUT TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SIGNING!!!!!!!!!
IF THEY REALLY REALLY WANT TO SIGN YOU, ARTISTS??? THEY WILL UNDERSTAND FULLY IF YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO GO OVER EVERY DETAIL OF THE CONTRACT!! IF NOT?? RUNNNNNNNNNNNN!!
THANKS LEFLAW!!! GOOD LESSON HERE!!  
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rapid-fire420
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Date: September 8, 2006 @ 2:06 PM
kinda scary
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espman
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Date: September 13, 2006 @ 1:28 PM
lol theres a emote in there
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plungerboy
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Date: September 18, 2006 @ 8:39 AM
I can summarize the whole thing:
If you, NAME, agree to sell your soul, sign below...
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plungerboy
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Date: September 18, 2006 @ 8:43 AM
Please note that after death your soul will still be governed by our contract with Satan as mentioned in section 666 of the above mentioned contract.
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tracy
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Date: October 10, 2006 @ 6:03 PM
test
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