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provisions oi the anist's contact witir the re@rd @mpany (see our alsospocilyhowmanymireshavelo b€
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guideto Recordingagfeementson ihe OneMuslcsite lor more on thai.)
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lheyare coveEd here,includlng: requne3 or 4 difierentmixes.
Thedrafrcontacr mayspecifysomethinglike all easonabre
numberoi m&esrequied by the re@rdcompany'.Thats a bil loo
vaguelor [Link] havea limiton lhe numbec oi
diilerentversionsof eachlrackyou mustdeliver,or at leasllo
havea verygooddelinition of whal'r€asonable"means
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Mrkesureyoucansuppy allthemixesyou'EcontEcied lor
withinthebudgelandcandellverlhem on [Link] youdontthink
The conlract will also include practical mailers such as lhe recording eitherot theseis pmcli€|,thenyouhaveto letthelabelknow
budgeland timesand placesoI €6rdin9. befoE you s gn the ontEct You'llned to negoiialean improved
lee and€@ding costsor lewermi\es.
Ofien prodlcerswill M.k in thek own studios.
A very newproducerwilh no lrack €cord will probablyjuslget a fat
Th s couldcountas amnging to make the €[Link] iI le lorthe €cordlngof thealbunr,Producers withsomeexperien@
youle €ad our Coptright booklet, thal @n mean lhat they oM the
'oullknow andreputalionen ususlly€lsonegotrate t [Link] or sd6
opyright in the recordingsthat they make. inconein addilion
lo [Link] abund3%of
PPDior a lesswell knownproducer,and goesup to a maximumof 5
The labelwillwanllo make s!re that ihey end up as lhe oMer of this
@pyng sothere willdelinilelybe a clausestatng [Link] the producer
willsign lhese righlsovef to the label. nuch likeanartisi.
Produe6 willreeive an advaneon thenroy€lti€s
Typi€llyintheUK,theadvance elemenloI a [Link]@/sieewiilbe
11 500€5,000buttoppoducers@n@mmand muchnore.
It is commonlor mullitalenlodproduceEloalso playinst wents on
recordings,and lhis wouldgivelhen psrforders'igh6. Re@rd Recordingcost and royarties
@mpanieswilla so [Link] be assignedrothem. OftenpbduceGwillcharge onefee,whichwillcoverallthe€@ding
cosls,ncluding
sludioumeandhle oI sessionmusicians. The
prcdu@rkeps whatever'slett overaflerall lh6e expenseshave
bed [Link]€n worklo the producelsadvantageii they navelheir
A pbdu@r may ofrenbe involvedin mlting some ol lhe songs on a ownstudioand€n €cordsomeor allofthealbumlhere.
.ecordand sothey wouldds have dghtsin lhe [Link]
cases yo! will need 10agree with your @triie6 how lhe publishi.g This kindol paymenlschemeis knowr as a'RecordingCosls
lncomefrom the t€cks willbe splil. [Link] @ses likelhis,the @nlractmay specilylhal lhe
produ@/s rot€lUesarenl payableuntIthe [Link] cosls have been
A€ wilh any Mil6r,lhe labelwili needlhe prod!@/s consenllo exploil recouped by lhe recod conpany.
lhe [Link] ifthe pbduer has a publisher,then the bbelwill
ne€d lo obtain thei @nsent lo exploit lhe recordings. Thls cooldmeanthal the albummust selltensoi thousnds of @pies
before the pbdu@r starts ge(ing any royallies. The p€Ie€ble My
alr of rhese wi I be negoliated and Mitten into the cont6ct. lrcm the produ@/s po nl of view is thal royalties are 'pald from rsrd
Obligations of a Producsr This neansrharyou srarrro gekoyaltiesas soon as lour own
advancehas be6r re@upod regadlecsor whateve/sgoingon
betweenLhearristand the [Link]$ lou wont gel paid lor a
A produ@rwili be €qoired to ensurethe €drding s carnedout good longwhie, and willmissoui on quitea bit oi moneyloo.
withinthe allotledrecordng [Link] overspendmighl be
rakenour ofthe prcdue/s money.
lMakesure this en on y happeniI lhe oveGpendis direcilyyou. As a producer you should be very @reful aboul lhe samples you might
iaull as a €sult of your willulneg ecl or defaull in legalterms.
Ceanng sampes involveslawyersand royaliiesand lees and so @sts
The [Link]@r wi I a so be requned to enslre that the r€@rdings
are of a certainst3ndard.
This @mes from the eording budget,e !!U llneed lo makesure
Usually lhe conlract w ll stale they musl be ol a [Link] dass and lhat you €n affod to use the sampl6s thal tou want.
techni€lly salislactoryslandardand commensuElewilh lie oIa
s milarqualty tol prcviousrccordingsnade by lho produce/. OtheMise you wonl be able lo use them,orwillhave lo perslade lhe
fecord@mpanyto dig deeperinto lheir pock€I.
Thee wllusually be a requiremonllhal the €corls a€
'@mnerciallystisfrctory', whichcan be a bitwoollybul basielly
means that theyte suitable ior .elease and nol so we rd lhat thoy
won l sell in ths shoPs. The producer'sroyaltywill oiien be €lcubted in the same way as lhe
artist's Dyaily, with the eme fomat, ierriiorial and olher reductions.
You €n lry and negoliaie yolr way out of these but it s hard wort(.
ll is i s a n e x a , . e l oads more r h { 1,vbbL
AuditproviiioG and dedit
You shouldatsolry and get,A side [Link]' probabtyneedlo Youwill wantto havefte nghtto inspectthe recordcompany'sbooks
be an establishedprodocertogei this but it may afteciyour royatties ora@unr,or carryouta fu[ auditil youthinkyoule beenundepaid.
r lou prodL@only lhe B side oi a s .gte and ^e oher prodLcerhas
jc s'de proredion yourroyalhesmay sufler.
ProduceBshouldreceivea c€dit on a[ e@rd deevs and prelerabty
A'side proleclionq@s tite thrs al oth€rusessuchas filmandWloo. Theymighraisowaftonave
he nghtlo emovetheircEditif somere €tse€mixesthetuneand
under nomal cir Jrslances. b' d srnotewrrlone song on each side, lhey?enol happywithlhe newve6ion.
ure prodLce'soreach sidesoutd €m ia\€ hdl lher [Link] rf
you were on a 3% rale for the atbumlrack,youd be dom to 1.5%il il
Prcdlcerswth a b ot ctout@n oprurd lr hey Sellhen ,u[ royatry
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Remixeragreements
usJally urder lhespctrLJ-stdnes -e F@rd @rpdnyw wanr lo
pay a rmer rarelofl-e Droduer o,.he B s,oe
-wrim isa birroLgh ,
lf youte @mmissionedto romt a iune,you needsomektndot
aqreemenlwilhlhe labelloe4sure rhatvouboh agFe q,[Link]
So you I nelni'ety walr d ltdJse sralrnqlt-aryoJ wont gel tessrhan
vdr su"o rovJry itbd tur is ba.k ng one o@dJcedoysoreone
with A side polecton. Th6 s€clionscoversthe Mainlems oi a remixer'sagreement,
This c€n be hard io. a new p@ducer bd a rea$nabty estabtished one
shouldbe able to hang onto lhe r properrale.
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Re€liyhuge prcduceG@n demand iu Asde [Link] is
wlrerell-ey get lhpi. tutroyatry evel !rher 5onoapp@rs04lhe B
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Podu@ls should6l& lryto a,oyaly on [Link],l As a €mixer, you wittned to agreea lew thingswih lhe ecord
a rGt c€rldinlvbe subied ro'e@'ve
lhe prcducjon costsof rhe vids being cohpanythatcornmissions youtom|kon lhe t€ck.
recouped,blt somethingmightntterlhrougheveniua y,
Fn$ o'all youneedto MowwhsLty?eof rerir s equied . yoL
r ll-e re@rd companyhds he song rem red. lhey'tlarmosr@tuinty teng. ior lhe tn,shed
snou|daqreegen€anda suirabte pre@.
Mrr ro €duce rre rale ar whict-lhev [Link][.es to rheonginal
podu@r of rhe l€ck. Y@ mayaiso hav€ro provkremoc lhanone , maybea ctubfllx wittl
theodginalt€cksvocalanda dobor instrumenlat
veBron.
lf it's one ot yrur l€cks lhal has ben rem xed, you may wel be abte
to [Link] inexpenen@dpbdlcerwoutd probabtyhave ro
gire up 0.5olo or so though.
Youwill also needto agreeon oetiverytems - lhe technicatand other
Producersshoulda so .eceivea shareof flal tee income which@mes cntena|hatlheEmixshoutd tutntbetorether@rd companywitl
lm organisalionsthat pay a tumpsum to [Link] kind acceptyourfinishedrecording.
or ncome hprcallycores 'om rt-euseot a eng n ar aoven, ntmo,
The€willusuallybea clausestatinglhal mixmustbeofa simitar
standardto any previousremixesthal you've
'ourdoneand rhe@maybe
somelhing star'ngthatir shoutdbeof a '@mmerci€ly ac@prabte
Perfoming Produc..s srandard."Tharc€nbe a bittoovaguefor@mfortbLnyoumayhsve
Producersmay also bo entiled to a shaE of ppL incomerom recoros ltuublepeBuading lhetabe|lodopitfom lhe conrracl
A produer who has ptayed insrrunents on a re@rd wil quatify for lhis
asa ranerofcolrse Bd rhereisatsoa ren pertoro,ngprcducer' The rord companywill needio detiverlhe bits ot the originaltunelo
Mcn @nru\rngly,@vers olduceB who havenrallua y [Link]
on the re@.d buthayctaim PpL in6nelDm it.
Youneedto specifythe tormalin whichyouwantlhis sourcena@na
l.efe6 to [Link]@lswho have m6de a @ntributjonbeyondsimpty
supervisno tire ?@rdng *rs,or ' 1 s 6L,o be [Link] ti<e@achrnqa
[Link] @rror a re$ $no or:Jggecnnq new deas,ul Ofien_a labelcommtssioning s €mixwil havelhewhote,ras@r 6pe
afangemenrsor an arristswn hatetut. run ofi trackby trackonlo DAT,wilh lhe originatpartson one channel
andlrmecode on lhe other
The actua delin bon is a bil grey so rhe botton ine s lhal ilhe aftjst
agces li€lhe prodL([Link]' re: as a oe/oFrng p@[Link] ThalwayyoucanecEale lhewhotet€ck in a harddiskedilo. Butit's
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he prcduce.€n [Link] s fnished and rhe adistwiltbe aid addeveryahing d* rou6etl.
noMed and askedfor lhe r consent.
Inffeasingly,
lab€lsaresupplyinglhesongetemenls
on [Link]
Perforir! DodJeB dre entitt{ to up to b", o, oD. from eavr uach sureyou agreerhe fomst beforehand.
wher^ lhevquarry -he erall sptr deperdsol he [Link]
nonjealured perfomersonthelrack. For moE infomalionon this,
see the [Link] to PPLon lhe Onei,4usicsite,
in HMTo...
fais is rn exampleof a [Link] r..,s mr.. [Link].uklradio1/o.€,usr.
Fin6lly, you wi I want to know when the masler lapes will be delivered
UsefulLinks & Resources
lo you end, the deadlineby whichyou shoulddeliverlhe linlshedmix
Howto...ManagementandMoney
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Nomally,a emixerwillbe paid a sngleree.
HowTo...LegaandContEcls
Basicallyyou get to kep wlrats left over once youle paid lour htlp:/[Link]/hdio1/onemusic/legal/
hnp:/ /onemusidslarlingoov
Th€twillincludelhe cosl ofcleanng any samplesthal yo! ue, so ^[Link]
yo!'llneedto budgelcarefullyand be carelLlwhomyou [Link]
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HNTo... GelYourMoslcOut
any iom ot .oyahy for the lrack, which keps remixing [Link] [Link]/radiol/onemusic/distdbutiorv
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hltp://[Link].@.uk/1xtra/1xnusicJpromolion/
Ofien, the labe w ll wEnl lo pay half lhe f€o up-ftont and the olher haff
whenlhe @mpletedrenlx is delivered.
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meet rhe labels lerms before you gel tully paid for the job. [Link]/linda$[Link]
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lhey ikelhe mix'and releaseil.
UKmusicans
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thar you have to do li youte just daning out and have yet to eslablish
a reputationas a remlxer
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info@[Link]
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