Producers: How is the industry for you right now?
Hello! My partner is a producer in the UK and is having a really hard time right now. He works extremely hard every single day doing sessions with different artists, but hasn't had any cuts in the last 5 months. He's in his early 30s, and the ups and downs of this industry are really starting to take their toll because he'll get a decent cut and then nothing for months and months, barely surviving and pretty much working for free.
He spoke to his managers, and they said this is an industry-wide problem. Apparently, there is no such thing as the middleman now; you're either an extremely successful producer or you're a producer making no money. Most big artists work with the same producers and rarely introduce new ones. I wanted to know if this is true or if the managers just aren't doing enough for him.
I just wanted to get some more opinions on this. Are there any producers in here that feel the same? Has it changed now due to things like Suno / AI platforms or are labels just less inclined to bring in new, more fresh producers?
Thanks guys!