First off, you need to decide whether adding Chris LaRossa and Pierce Woodward as partners is the right decision. By adding these two, you are adding the frustration of making decisions mutually with five people instead of three. It can also hurt the record proposal that you have been offered, if you now have additional band members. My recommendation is that you keep Chris and Pierce with the band as contract musicians only. If they are happy with this decision, then that is the best one to make for your personal success. As you grow in the industry, their personal careers will grow by being associated with you, but they are free to go off on their own. The next issue that you are facing is with the impact of revenue. You need to go over your offered contract and make sure that it is possible that you will make a substantial profit by joining the label. If the profit would be the same as when you were going at it independently, then joining the label may not be the best idea. My recommendation is that if the profit envisioned is the same, then stay independent. I say this because you will have greater control in what your music entails. You will have all the creative say in how your CD is designed and how your controversial lyrics are portrayed. Humble Abode let you create a CD that had an okay quality. In the music industry, okay is not good enough. With the new label, you would be able to create a much better quality sound and that can improve your sales overall. My recommendation is to consider whether or not you will be able to generate more sales with a better quality CD. If you are able to do so, then signing with the label will probably increase your profit, which is a main goal for musicians. While profit is a main goal, you also want to make sure that you still have some control of the music that is being produced or you are no longer