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| Design |
Hey guys,
this is not really a production question but since some of you probably already have experience in the music business field I thought I might ask.
The other day I was approached by somebody saying that they liked my music and wanted me to produce short (2 min.) segments for TV (commercials, TV series etc.). The company is from USA and they told me that all music will have a joint copyright between them and me.
In other words once they receive the material, they can rename it and have this joint copyright whereas the originally named song stays just mine.
Another aspect is that he wants to take 50% of all income made from this material.
What do you think about this or what questions would you ask him before you signed anything?
Thanks for your help. |
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| DJ-Fuq |
| u would be best asking a lawyer or someone. |
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| BelgianGuru |
| ABsolutely no clue m8, but stay alert for fraude. |
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| skytribe |
| Something about that seems fishy to me. Find a lawyer. |
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| TranceMuzik02 |
| Buy a book about the music industry before wasting money on a lawyer. I've heard a lot of storys like that but nothing ever happens. |
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| FuzzyGreen |
Make sure you don't sign anything giving exclusive rights on anything. Why not just go for it? It doesn't sound like a bad idea, at least it's a start and could get your foot in the door to further work like this (a dream job). Also make sure that you get a percentage of any future royalties, because if it's used in some show that goes into syndication you could be getting checks for the rest of your life.
I'm not an expert by any means, but I have read "all you need to know about the music industry" a few years ago, which is a pretty informative, but quite negative book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=books&n=507846 |
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| Design |
| Thanks for your replies. It helps. |
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| Damie Mckeown |
Joint copyright, renaming = NO
But 50% of royaltys is brilliant, the avarage artists get is 15% |
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