SF> Was it also not the case that the business idea behind Tzadik was SF> fifty percent of the profits to the label, fifty percent to the SF> respective artists? I recall hearing that somewhere....
Probably on the Beresford-hosted BBC Radio Special. Zorn said that the budget for every Tzadik release is the same (USD5,000) regardless of the number of musicians involved in the recording, and then they split profits. Could perfectly be on a 50/50 basis.
I think 50/50 profit splits are quite common among indies, or at least among smaller ones. The thing to remember is that, runaway hits excluded, profits on CDs generally aren't nearly as high as consumers tend to think. Tzadik could still well be non-profit as long as they're plowing their share of the profits back into operations and future projects. Now that I come to think of it, most indies are non-profits, albeit sans official status... ;) Alexander -- Radio Khartoum http://www.radiokhartoum.com