How do you play?

[cdidman]

I'm obviously new.  How do you play?  Let me start by saying I started a label, I started it with 2 mill in cash, and 1 artist.

 

I signed 1 other artist, I signed heads to all my division in staff and made 1 excellent staff member.  I don't know if all of this is is a good thing or a bad thing, I see nothing that tells me.

 

Mind you, the game started by giving me some sort of penalty for not having staff, even though I had no ability to sign staff until the 1st day.

 

So after all this, I had my 1 artist make songs, then I produced a song, then I wanted to release the song as a single.  Again, I'm not sure if this is the logical next step, but I thought I should try and get some songs out there.

 

When I tried to release the single, my saw my total expense to do this was around 3 mill.  I only have 1.3 mill.

 

So what am I supposed to do to make money?  Bank loan is for only 300,000.

 

Just trying to figure the game out, looks very cool, but I see nothing that helps me figure out what I'm supposed to do.

 

Anyone have any tips to help a VERY new person to this game?

 

Thank you!

[anotherlovatic]

Others may have their own methods, but this is what I would do:

 

Go to finances, and either go public or seek investment from the bank. That should give you enough cash to start out with. If you only have 1 artist, you only need to give up at most 5-10%. There's a bug with re-ordering stock, but when that is fixed, you can order less initially, and re-order stock when you need it. Also, move up the release dates to as early as possible (there's no point having a spread-out release date, when you need money as soon as possible).

 

Also, if you have enough to spare after all that, I would recommend looking for a second artist (my advice: high songwriting, high live/recording, but low-medium reputation). There are a few that are unsigned that can are a bargain, with a very low sign-on fee. With decent song writing and producing, you can get very high ratings on your songs (mid-80s/high 90s) to release. Even if their reputation are in the 20s, you can make a decent profit with them.

 

Finally, you will need more staff... I have not found the perfect number, but increase the number as you are growing.