Haley reportedly splits with Interscope

[Miguel]

Don't know if this means anything but Lisa Davis, Music Executive & A&R director for Atlantic Records and Interscope just followed Haley.

She's more of a consultant to Atlantic and Interscope. She seems like a hustler (hardworking), and has more than 500 people in her LinkedIn network as a result, but I don't see any recommendations from high-profile people in the industry.

She did tweet 14 hours ago: "My dinner meeting with Director of A&R over @atlanticrecords" and included a pic. The picture was a blurry shot of her dish. http://instagram.com/p/SSmXgKDoy2/

The A&R director of Atlanic is Shawn Barron. They have rubbed elbows before:

I-5 Records & Entertainment · 33 like this
December 23, 2011 at 3:27pm ·

SHAWN BARRON (ATLANTIC RECORDS) TONY G (G-UNIT RECORDS ) KASH JOHNS (15 MUSIC ) LISA DAVIS (L.D.M.G) T-MAH (KONVICT) * MANY MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED !!

2/2012:

Johnson, according to promotion, will be joined in Tacoma for the SCMC by Shawn Barron, a director of A&R with Atlantic Records who was nominated in Billboard.biz's "30 Under 30" music executives list in 2011 and is currently working with 16-year-old Diggy Simmons, Taira Daniel of Lisa Davis Music Management...

[john]

^^ Yeah it seems that Lisa promotes indie artists and now that Haley is a free agent she may see her as a potential client.

[midnightblues]

The Q was asked today about if Hales goes to another label, what about LU I did some reading on the subject. and there is a Lock out clause that allow Interscope to own the rights to LU for up to 10 years.So could her album not be releaced under a new label????????? dunno THAT WOULD SUCK

[whadaboutluv]

^^ Yeah it seems that Lisa promotes indie artists and now that Haley is a free agent she may see her as a potential client.

God, I hope that is in the works. Nothing like giving Interscope the big FU and moving on for Haley. I've gone through a gamet of feelings these last 24 hours. At first I was actually thrilled when whe I heard they spilt. It was obvious they had given up on her and I was starting to think even before this happened that she should just leave and go for it on her own, which I still firmly believe. After sleeping on it, I realized that it's show business and not show friends, and that's really what it's all about. But I'm still damn mad. Didn't Interscope see what a fine product they had with Haley and Listen Up? Why didn't they put more effort into it? Having "Haley" follow tens of thousands of people on Twitter? That was part of their marketing plan? Seriously? It just made her look desperate. No, not really Haley, but those folks that were followed didn't know any better. So frustrating. However, I admit I know nothing about the music business,and I firmly believe everything happens for a reason. I still believe in our girl. As she showed us on idol, when backed into the corner, she just pounces and growls her way out. I'm keeping the faith and am even more encouraged about her future than before this happened.

[abc890]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure, Interscope owns Listen Up. Haley could go to another label, but they'd have to promote a new album, which is great, but also sad, because the greatness that is listen up will be lost.

[alpha7388]

Listen Up! will still be around, and get big sales when she makes it on her second album.

She may be going to a label more appropriate for her own style, which we may not have seen totally yet.

[Miguel]

Seems that is likely a standard practice. I imagine if you offered them enough money they would relinquish their rights.

Once an album is produced, it is the property of the label in perpetuity, absent a provision that allows the artist to recapture or purchase the masters after a number of years. Additionally, the contract will normally have some type of lock-out clause, which prevents an artist from re-recording any of the songs on the album for five to ten years after the end of the contract. This essentially ensures that the recordings remain the property of the label for a very long time.

Same source (from 2005):

If you take a large advance and your album does not meet target sales, a label may be quicker to drop you. On the other hand, statistics show that only 5% of all records released by major labels go gold (500,000 records sold) or platinum (1 million records sold), and the advance may be the only money you actually receive from the label.

Another question is what is the legal status of the unreleased songs Haley recorded? Probably the same.

[Babbs234]

Well, she can still play clubs and sing her songs from LU, can't she? I mean, if she signs with a new label, can she still go out and sing songs from LU, or does she have to record a new album and start all over? just wondering

[Miguel]

"The exclusive right to publicly perform a copyrighted work means that only the copyright holder of the song (the songwriter) may, for instance, play the song in a club."

Haley might cash in if a big name were to record one of her songs from Listen Up!:

"This means, for instance, that every time Columbia Records’ version of Whitney Houston singing Dolly Parton’s song “I Will Always Love You” is played on the radio, broadcast on TV or performed by Whitney Houston in concert, it is Dolly Parton (and those who represent her) who receive the public performance royalties from the PRO. Columbia Records and Whitney get nothing."

http://www.tunecore.com/guides/sixrights

[Tusk]

So as a writer of her songs. that means she can perform them all but "Free"?