“Columbia Records had low expectations for the album and only gave Carlos a $2,500 advance, opting instead to compensate her with a higher percentage of future royalties.”
Columbia gave her a $2,500 advance because it expected nothing. Switched-On Bach went platinum. She built half the sound of the synthesizer era, scored Kubrick, and then hid from the public for years because of who she was. The industry took the music and left her alone with the rest.