You could easily see that the band exposure and record sales has a lot to do with those signature deals.
Staind sell a lot and are Mainstream/US Rock-friendly
Shinedown are climbing higher and higher
Marty, is always Marty. His "Inferno" album sounds pure uninspired garbage to me, but he will sell because he recorded DAT solo with Megadeth.
Mark Tremonti is an exceptional player and songwriter, but from a business and marketing perspective, I do wonder if he'd ever got his prs sig if he just started Alter Bridge without being the ex-Creed guitarist.
AB concerts, during the first two albums, were like 2-3000 audience. Sales... not that much I dare to say.
It all comes down to the money and exposure.
I'd kill for a Loeffler prs though.
