The Music Industry’s Darkest Secret (2022)

The Death Clause

Overview:
The music industry has an infamous history as one of the shadiest. "The Music Industry’s Darkest Secret" takes a look at its dark side, between the ties to organized crime to the rigging of the charts. A tour through the stories the music industry would probably like to ignore.
Barely Sociable
Director, Writer

01:30 Introduction

03:18 Episode 1 - The Death Clause

04:46 Chapter 1 - The True Cost Of Fame

09:43 Chapter 2 - Posthumous Profiteering

16:41 Chapter 3 - Industry Rule # 4080

24:15 Chapter 4 - Hidden Interests

27:19 Chapter 5 - Entanglement # 1 | Artist Fronts

34:00 Chapter 6 - Entanglement # 2 | Venue Fronts

41:25 Chapter 7 - Entanglement # 3 | Talent Agencies

49:14 Chapter 8 - Entanglement # 4 | Payola

60:35 Chapter 9 - Entanglement # 5 | Rigging The Charts

67:20 Chapter 10 - Entanglement # 6 | Cutouts

76:37 Chapter 11 | Contrived Accidents