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Real Talk With Rad - 'Paper' Work
Real Talk With Rad - 'Paper' Work
With nearly a decade of experience under his belt working in the A&R department for Bad Boy Records, Conrad Dimanche is no stranger to the inner workings of the professional music recording process and the financial structure built around the process. In our first installment of Real Talk we chop it up with Rad about producer contracts, up-front/back end fees, royalties, technology and everything else in between. This is Blue Magic, no cut!
Ok let's get right into it. Once the track is confirmed to be on the artist album what happens next?
Well first we have to go into negotiation and come to an agreement on how much the track or the song is going to cost. How much the label is going to pay for the track depends on who the producer is
and what caliber of producer he/she is.
Dallas Martin - A&R/Def Jam
Introduce yourself to the PMP Community
My name is Dallas Martin A&R at Island/Def Jam and I'm currently working on the Juelz Santana project. I'm based in Atlanta but I'm back and forth between here and New York working on the project.
How long have you been with IDJ?
I was hired as a consultant in June of 2008 by Shakir Stewart and I worked very closely with him as an intern for a year and a half. He was basically my mentor and he taught me everything I needed to know to be successful as an A&R. In January of this year I was hired full time as an A&R for the label.
