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David's First Big Paycheck

Yeah, but it's so fucking stupid. This is like, this is the thing with like, with like rock stars too, and like people that signed to record labels. It'll say like, Post Malone signs $100 million record label deal, right? But that's like, that's not up front. Like, that's just money that they're gonna give him up front, but then he's gonna recoup. Like Like, I never understood that. Like, that's literally just getting a loan from the bank. Like, why would you do that? And I always tell the managers, like, do not give me any fucking money up front. Even if you get the money, you hold it for a couple months, because when you get the money right away, then it just feels like you're doing work for free. It's, it's so much better to get the money, like, later down when you forgot that you even owed money.

July 6, 20205:49David
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Jason5:27
Your parents say my—
David5:29
I don't know. I don't know what my parents said. My parents were really, really confused about everything up until about 3 months ago. My manager, Jack, fucking he like, every time we do a brand deal, he's like, let's get, let's get the money up front. I fuck…
Jason5:46
It's like, so you can get paid early.
David5:49
Yeah, but it's so fucking stupid. This is like, this is the thing with like, with like rock stars too, and like people that signed to record labels. It'll say like, Post Malone signs $100 million record label deal, right? But that's like, that's not up front. Like, that's just money that they're gonna give him up front, but then he's gonna recoup. Like Like, I never understood that. Like, that's…
Ilya6:26
Uh, well, I mean, I come from, like, a completely different—
David6:29
it comes from a place where you need the money up front just to prove that.
Jason6:32
That's how I'm gonna say.