some phrases that stood out of the schmarm:

"we champion the independent artist... we would NEVER screw you over!"
(translation: yeah, right. Stevie Wonder will testify to that)


"Creative people are notoriously bad business people"
(translation: they'll sign bad contracts in a heartbeat)


"If we make you an offer and you take too long to accept it, we'll probably just move on."
(translation: there are plenty of hungry artists, and if you aren't willing to accept the first crummy offer we make, a thousand other losers are already lined up to take an even lower offer)