Q: Why would somebody sell the rights to their songs?? I was just reading an article about a big artist doing that, and honestly I don't even complete understand what that means. It's like, you don't own your own songs anymore?? That sounds horrific. Why would anyone do that?? Just for money?? Am I missing something??
A: in the old days there was something called "getting signed to a record label," which used to be one of the only ways an artist could get their songs heard by a wide audience. And sometimes, hidden in the contracts the artist has to sign, there might be something sneaky about the rights to the songs. and it could be possible that the young artist might not have understood the contract, probably because they are not written in any language spoken on planet earth today