(05-05-2013, 11:56 AM)30CamdenSquare Wrote: The biggest, most obvious, mistake Interscope made in the early promotion of Haley & now Jessica is they should've used the Idol performance AFTER the album comes out NOT to promote a single's release.
I absolutely agree with this. It's such a dated approach.
1) Release single
2) Promote single
3) Get radio play
4) Hope song is on fire when album is distributed to stores
Ordinarily, an artist would have to have a hit before they ever appeared on television before so many people.
That's not the case with former Idols.
They squandered the chance to goose album sales overnight through digital sales. The only excuse for it is if their contracts with physical retailers forbid online sales before physical sales.
(05-05-2013, 07:39 AM)Mr. Bill Wrote: Hey, have been lurking but haven't posted in ages! Hi all.
...All contracts are different, but I can tell you that my newest novel was just optioned for television. In the contract, there is a stipulation that ...another company...would have to reimburse the first company all the money they've outlaid in production.
Hi Bill. Good to hear from you again. Congrats on having your novel optioned.
I don't think it's unreasonable for a company to want to be reimbursed for the expenses they incurred. In Haley's case, they would also probably want to be compensated for the loss of any future sales. Or, perhaps more likely, guaranteed a cut of future sales.
Unless Haley's original contract with Interscope forbid it, she could simply record new versions of the songs. If the contract does not allow that, she might consider approaching them about buying the rights to a few songs if they fit in with her new sound. Say: "Oh MY!" "KCB" and "Spiderweb."
