41.   In the music industry, rampant hype is as insidious as substance abuse and bad recording contracts.

42.   It also teaches them the importance of careful study in their own business -- reading a recording contract, for instance.

43.   It has grown in other directions as well, through concerts by the Bang on a Can All Stars and a recording contract with Sony.

44.   It was hard to get a recording contract at first.

45.   Kim Jae-hung signed her first major recording contract with the company Melodiya.

46.   Just a few weeks ago Mahogany signed a recording contract with Warner Bros.

47.   Money is one reason, and Chailly has brought the orchestra fat recording contracts after a number of lean years.

48.   Most of the musical acts that perform at SXSW have recording contracts with major or independent labels.

49.   New bands, hundreds of them, hope for recording contracts, good reviews or at least some names to add to their e-mail lists.

50.   Seattle singer-songwriter Laura Love has signed a four-album recording contract with Mercury Records.