music business

So Pump Audio/Getty Images dropped royalties from 50% to 35% recently, citing their inability to run their business effectively (they need to 'support' their workforce, which means they have no idea how to sell music like they sell photos).  I figured it was found money and ok for a couple of surprise checks a year, until I discovered something worse: they republish stuff and take the credit as artist.  So the chances of me gaining some recognition through their efforts are ZERO.

I signed up with Pump Audio in 2006, thinking it might be cool to have some of my tracks licensed.  Especially if they ended up on a nature documentary.  My stuff was accepted and nothing happened at all.

Then Getty Images bought Pump Audio, and I figured nothing would improve.  Getty's MO with their image business is to sign up as many photogs as possible and then promote a few big names, shafting the small ones in the process.  I assumed the same would happen to me at Pump Audio and I planned on pulling my music.