My previous rants about record deals and such have come to a head and that is why I have been absent. We made a decision and since then we had to haul ass to make the appropriate deadlines for the release dates we wanted. We had lots of touring already booked so those dates were important.
We ended up retaining ownership of our publishing and our masters and did 3 license deals (The Benelux, Germany-Switzerland-Austria, and N. America. The rest of the territories are still in play and we hope to land something soon
There is a risk that we have not locked up worldwide releases and that our licensing partners do not put in the full effort (because their involvement in less on the back-end) but I believe this is the best solution. We presented our same deal to several labels. Many of them wanted to change it and complicate it. There was certainly limited risk factor due to all the work that the band does on their own and their own investment. For that we should be rewarded.
In the end there were a few labels who stepped up and we had to choose who was best. We ended up going with the label that we had the relationship with over the past few years, albeit just as friends.
Maybe more detail on that shortly
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