Don’t Sell Beats, Get 50% Instead? No. + What Does Your Manager Do? (MEC Podcast 168)

Are you selling your beats? Some people claim you should give the beats away for free in exchange for 50/50 ownership of the song. Pain explains why he doesn’t agree with this. Dame asks whether or not artists should know what their managers are doing and Erinn shares her management horror stories and what artists and managers can do better.

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00:00 – Intro
00:57 – TikTok Kinda Sucks Now
08:27 – Stupid Comments
13:07 – Music Business Trolls
14:32 – Give Free Beats In Exchange For 50%
22:09 – Why 50/50 Splits Are a Lie
25:37 – Do Artists Know What Their Managers Do?
32:49 – Why Erinn Drops Artists
35:48 – An Artist Told Me I Wouldn’t Make It
41:47 – How to Work Better With Managers