Quote Originally Posted by richard. View Post
I should add that a few of the campaigns I worked on included a “DIY artist, found on social media” backstory that was complete bullshit, and they’d actually had a £200k advance… but the press lap that stuff up.

If your relative is actually in debt to the “label”, rather than just having the money spent recording taken out of the royalties - that isn’t a label, they’ve been scammed.
That's what I mean, they will have to pay the costs before they make any money. I don't know if they got an advance or not, but I can find out.