For its investment, Power Amp gets 50% of gross revenue from Church’s recordings, publishing, merchandise and touring for an undisclosed period.

“[The deal] provides me with a financial commitment equivalent to that of a major record company but with a much greater degree of control and ownership over my career,” Church told FT.com.

Church parted ways with her former label Sony Music in 2006, after selling 10.5 million albums worldwide.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 10, 2010 – 8:16am.

Warner Music Group chairman Edgar Bronfman, a hawk for higher licensing amounts, is undoubtedly less-than-thrilled about this sentiment.  But other gaming publishers are feeling similar top-line pressures, and layoffs at Electronic Arts, Activision, and other studios are reminders of that shift.

Just recently, NPD Group reported a 9 percent drop in US-based gaming sales in 2009 to $20.2 billion.  December offered hope of a rebound, though January numbers quickly doused the optimism – also according to NPD, the sector experienced a 13 percent year-over-year decline last month.

But all of that is rosy compared to the drop in music-related games.  Just last month, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter counted a 50 percent decline in US-based music-related games in 2009, down from a year-2008 peak of roughly $1.4 billion.  That suggests a separate effect, more attributable to category fatigue than broader recessionary pressures.