Managemental Podcast With Blasko And Mike Mowery

This week Blasko and Mike take on a fan question from Todd, a loyal listener and 60 Days to Signable student (via Outerloop Coaching). Todd writes:   Hey there!   This is Todd, student of 60 Days to Signable and Unleash It Right and long-time listener of the podcast.   My band recorded a 5-song EP with a well-known producer last year. We paid a lot of money for it and without really taking time to learn about the industry or business side of things, or consider self-releasing, we jumped the gun and signed with an indie label to a not-so-good contract.   We soon realized that was a mistake. The release plan we had in place, which was a part of a PR campaign we'd already paid for, was scrapped (and we didn't get money back); the singles from the EP weren't released or supported well. We pressed physicals on our own (the label didn't want to), and we didn't know about UPCs at the time, so we have about 200 copies left without barcodes that we can't report.   About a month before the EP's actual release, we lost