Kurt Dahl speaks on the struggle to make it as a middle-class musician, in The Walrus article.
"When people's dreams are in play, they're often not as rational or reasonable as they might be in the regular business world." Dahl says he's reviewed contracts that require artists to pay thousands of dollars in "signing fees" or bizarrely charge artists for "breakage," an outdated charge meant to cover costs of LPs and CDs physically damaged before sale.
Read the full article: The Death of the Middle-Class Musician