Incase you haven't noticed not a lot of money goes to the artist. If artists want more money they just need to switch labels / start their own. Whats that getting a bad deal from indie labels? Well, then what hte records companies are offering artists is the BEST deal.

The only reason the labels offer the BEST deal, is because of their monopoly. They offer the ONLY deal, because they have a chokehold on radio, marketing, distribution, and even touring conduits. They've worked very hard on making sure that their game is the only game in town. To play ball, you have to sign a contract with such ridiculous clauses as: the record company assumes 10% of all records will be destroyed during shipping and handling, so you get paid based on 90% of gross shipments (held over from Victrola days.) There is nothing fair about the record deals offered to young artists, and most are simply shelved once they're signed without ever seeing the light of day without a fair chance to even be heard.