getting signed by a label to go to tv shows and tour the world. they'll be paying for the recording, the touring, all the travel and everything else with the proceeds of that work, because what happens is the label issues them a loan with interest to pay for that up front, which makes the new musician a debtor to the label. there are quite a few young zoomer musicians who've been approached by a label in a bar, gotten drunk, signed the mark contract and wound up several hundred thousand dollars in debt despite making several hundred thousand dollars with their project. that's how bad the vicegrip is. and then if the label likes you, and you can't pay the debt, they'll happily issue another loan with more interest and promote you harder, so you're even more indebted. if you start talking shit about israel, they cut you off and you're on the hook for the rest of your life or go to jail for that debt.
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