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ELI5 : What does a record label actually do?
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in short, they pay for everything. Recording time, an engineer to record / mix / produce the music and make it sound the best it can. The instruments. In some instances living expenses for the band while recording including rent, transport and food. All of that can be pretty expensive, so the label pays for that with the idea that as the music sells, they will make their money back, and then some.