Who to trust

Essentially don’t trust anyone. You don’t have to get too paranoid, but knowing that the music business isn’t doing well and there’s a still lot of people trying to make a living out of it and feed their family, you should at least be suspicious. Being dishonest to an artist they have never met is not going to get on their conscience. Usually the phrase “this is a great deal, you must sign it!” is… not true.

If you don’t like it then quit!

There’s no reason to keep releasing tracks and suffer if you don’t enjoy it. Many producers have produced few great tracks and then disappeared completely. I don’t blame them. Many labels just don’t treat artist with the respect they deserve. Or perhaps it just wasn’t what they hoped. In this situation it’s just best to forget music industry and occasionally do music for own enjoyment. Or perhaps find a new hobby, like road cycling!

Congratulations! You now understand the basics of the music industry. Now go pwn those labels that were planning to pwn you!