On the other, if compass licensed Roscommon's finished recording. Brown thought the advance would be about $3000 and roscommon might be willing to include a performance-based option in the contract. With this option , if Compass achieved a sales target of 10000 units, then it would earn the right to license her next album. " If we succeed with roscommon under the license deal and make her a more well-known and viable act," Brown thought, " it's very possible that another label could swoop in with cash and promises of bigger things and reap the benefit of Compass's investment in her." Thus, having this additional clause in the licensing deal offered Brown some sccurity. "We have a good feeling about her long-term potential," she said, "but we realize it may not show itself for a few albums.