Why Every Musician Should Understand SoundExchange
In the past year, the one topic that I think I’ve discussed with my clients more than anything else: SoundExchange. Particularly, how much SoundExchange revenues are being paid out and/or missed by artists and producers. In today’s music business, every musician and producer needs to understand and collect all the various streams of revenue […]
Producer Royalties: How Should Your Producer Be Paid?
For some reason, the last week has seen me drafting or negotiating a ton of agreements between Artist and Producer, outlining what percentage of record sales the former will pay the latter.
SoundExchange Royalties: How Much Should You Pay Your Producer?
In recent years, one of the questions that I’ve been asked most by my artist clients is: how much of my SoundExchange royalties should I give my producer? As we examined in my article here, it is industry standard for music producers to be paid a percentage of an artist’s record sales (known as “points”). […]