There are a couple of tricks on how to position yourself to get more money for the advance. Another new segment is independent distribution. We've got a LOT of material on that. Phone numbers to call, who to talk to, what to say, to take control of your career. At one point in the seminar, I show the statistics of how many people have taken those deals that were offered to them by the majors early in their career.
People are shocked how many they've never even heard of.
On the other hand, when you do things yourself and stay in control of your career, your chances of real success are phenomenal. It's about his six years on the road of doing just that, and how incredibly unsuccessful it was. Unless you have a very large sum of money, AND someone working a home office for promotion, publicity, etc. AND a front person that runs to each town a few days ahead of the band to set things up, you can really get into a cycle where you get so deeply intwined in going from town to town that you're not really making any headroom. You're making too small an impact in too many towns.