The answer is unequivocally yes and I am happy to announce that we will be initiating an advancepayment today to prefund the principal payment that is due in March 2013.
When most artists sign record deals, they hand over these rights in exchange for an advancepayment, a smaller royalty of 10-15% on music sales and the prestige of recording an album for a major record label.
As a plaintiff in the lawsuit to stop Comptroller Combs from making illegal payment, we were pleased she chose not to make the first advancepayment thereby tapping the brakes on the incentive until the race was over and attendance and economic benefit were more certain.
The amount of the advance royalty payment generally is subject to U.S. tax in the year received (but there would be no further taxable royalty income in years 2 and 3).