Hi all, I'm after some advice. My band has been offered a record deal by a well known metal label. They've offered us a one album deal with two choices of contract. The first is they take 20% of royalties, but we pay for mastering, pressing the CD's and promotion. The second is they take 50% royalties, but pay for mastering, pressing and promotions. Only thing is we would have to pay for studio time either way. Does anyone know if this is a good deal? Normally labels give advances to artists to record an album and then recover the costs from sales..... Would appreciate any advice Cheers, John myspace.com/silentempathymetal