Nitro album info and support!

[BKW]

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[blackjack]

Dec 6, 2016 17:54:36 GMT -6 BKW said:

Sign up to be the first to know and to soon be able to contribute to make the next NITRO album a success!

I'm not sure what I could do to make the next Nitro album a success but I will buy the album. BTW, with what record label is Nitro signed?

[blackjack]

I'm curious about how this works: When Nitro recently got a deal to record albums under the reuinited line-up, did they sign you to a minimum of say two or three albums and that way if your 2017 album really takes off, the record company doesn't have to worry about another bigger record label (Bigger than Rhino for example) offering you more money to drop your current label and go with them. Case in point: Metallica signed a one album deal with Megaforce records and then tiny Megaforce obviously couldn't match the offer that Elektra Records made Metallica for Ride The Lightning so basically Megaforce did all the work of finding Metallica, taking a chance on them, and got none of the benefits!!!

i suspect that in the heavy metal world, that was the lesson learned hard by Megaforce that was also learned by other record companies so if one of them discovered the next amazing heavy metal success story, they wouldn't lose their new talent to the big, powerful major record labels because the band would have signed at least a 2 or 3 album deal with them.

Is that basically how it works? If not, what are the differences and why? I have a B.A. in Marketing from The University Of South Florida in Tampa (same city as the home of Dean Guitars!) so I find this type of stuff fascinating! So anything you'd be willing to share with us I would really appreciate!

[Erikrt123]

Hey Blackjack! My understanding of the whole record label thing is this. They were offered a record deal by a label... and it is what kind of kick the whole thing off. But, I have since come to understand they will not being doing the record with the people who offered... so they have the freedom to do the music as they want to and as it was meant to be. The first round of Nitro was label controlled. Therefore, why it was so over the top in parts. The look and so on and so forth. This album will be MAB and Jim's way. No suites telling them what to do. So, in essence this will be the purest Nitro album yet. They also have Chris Adler on drums... which is very freakin' epic! They also have a top rate producer for this album as well.

[blackjack]

Thanks Erik!

[BKW]

They are doing the new Nitro album without any "Record Contracts". The offer made them think about re-forming.. but they didn't pursue the offered contract and have decided to do it "On Their Own". So that is why they are going to do a Indiegogo campaign soon to fund the production of the album, kick-start marketing and their initial tour expenses.

Dec 12, 2016 10:54:57 GMT -6 blackjack said:

I'm curious about how this works: When Nitro recently got a deal to record albums under the reuinited line-up, did they sign you to a minimum of say two or three albums and that way if your 2017 album really takes off, the record company doesn't have to worry about another bigger record label (Bigger than Rhino for example) offering you more money to drop your current label and go with them. Case in point: Metallica signed a one album deal with Megaforce records and then tiny Megaforce obviously couldn't match the offer that Elektra Records made Metallica for Ride The Lightning so basically Megaforce did all the work of finding Metallica, taking a chance on them, and got none of the benefits!!!

i suspect that in the heavy metal world, that was the lesson learned hard by Megaforce that was also learned by other record companies so if one of them discovered the next amazing heavy metal success story, they wouldn't lose their new talent to the big, powerful major record labels because the band would have signed at least a 2 or 3 album deal with them.

Is that basically how it works? If not, what are the differences and why? I have a B.A. in Marketing from The University Of South Florida in Tampa (same city as the home of Dean Guitars!) so I find this type of stuff fascinating! So anything you'd be willing to share with us I would really appreciate!