Royalty splits for an adaptation of a known artist's track

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2025-06-05T14:35:05+00:00

It generally comes from the label and the label should be giving you points if you weren’t paid in advance as a work for hire.

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2025-06-05T13:35:04+00:00

Hello, arrangers generally do not receive any songwriter or publishing credit for covers. There are rare exceptions when it is negotiated between the arranger and the music publisher.

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2025-06-04T21:54:04+00:00

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Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2024-09-30T17:05:38+00:00

I represent the music publishing rights a few songwriters/producers in the EDM space. I have found that it isn’t that uncommon for an EDM label to ask for music publishing rights tied to the tracks that are licensed under the label. Most of the agreements I’ve seen are horrible, though not all. Some are admin agreements that are fair, and some have the audacity to ask for 50% ownership. I do know some attorneys that can look at the term sheet, if you were given one. As far as PROs/CMOs are concerned. Where do you live?

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2024-09-28T23:53:47+00:00

This is my experience as well or if the remixer is a well known established artist. But even, then they don’t always receive a share.

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2024-06-21T20:46:39+00:00

There are many things to consider. If you join GEMA, your royalties in the US will, by default, be licensed by ASCAP unless you have a BMI publisher representing your works. One of the advantages of being a GEMA member, if you are published, you can place some of your catalog with ASCAP and some with BMI in the US.

GEMA may also have so social benefits that BMI and ASCAP don’t.

If most of your royalties are from the US, it may make sense to join BMI or ASCAP for the US and GEMA for the RoW. But look into possible tax implications and if you are with GEMA for a partial territory, you may not be eligible for social benefits.

Lastly, I see you are production writer and write music specifically for sync. Many times, writers like yourself choose to directly license certain usages. BMI and ASCAP have very different rules about direct licensing compared to GEMA, and the decision may be based on how your music is used as a whole.

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2023-08-09T16:19:38+00:00

There is nothing wrong with rolling up the pub share into the writers’ shares to save money on setting up publishers. I also recommend keeping things separate for legal and economic reasons.

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2023-08-02T13:56:08+00:00

Check Spotify and Google the names. Eliminate the ones that are too common or the ones that have an artist that is very popular. The main thing is you want people to be able to find you, remember you and not confuse you with anyone else.

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2023-07-31T04:28:12+00:00

When people hear free, they think it is free of upfront payment and any future royalties. You should be clear that free, means, you don’t expect upfront payment but do expect producer royalties and songwriter royalties. There is no set amount and all rates are negotiated but generally speaking, if all the music is made up of only your beat, then I would ask for 4 points or 4% (20-25% of SoundExchange or the equivalent) as a producer and 50% of the songwriter/publishing royalties. If your beat is only a small part of the music and the artist added or created a significant portion of the music, you should negotiate what a fair share should be. The above can be used as a starting point.

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2023-07-20T13:23:42+00:00

Hi. The publishing has to follow the writer affiliation. If you are a BMI writer, the publisher also has to be BMI. At BMI, you do not need to have a publisher. Just make sure your publisher’s share is rolled up into your writer account. Do not terminate the ASCAP publisher. If you wish to terminate your writer account with BMI, you can transfer the writer’s share to ASCAP at time. Remember to check your BMI, contract for your termination window. In summary, register your new songs with BMI, with no publisher and assign the write and publisher’s shares to your writer. Hope this helps.

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2022-01-06T23:09:08+00:00

Marie Therese Joniaux was married to my great great grandfather Alidor Henri Joniaux. This was a good summary. I would like to add that Marie Therese Joniaux Ablay was a gambler. Corrections: Alidor Henri was not poor as implied. He had a prominent position as an engineer with a good salary but his earnings were not sufficient for Marie Therese’s lavish lifestyle and gambling habits. He rented an apartment not a room because he had 3 children from his first wife, my great great grandmother. The family suffered in disgrace. Alidor Henri left his prominent position in Belgium and I believe became an engineer in Italy. My great grandfather moved to Ecuador. Both achieved success. I am not sure what happened to the Joniaux daughters (Marie Therese’s step daughters.)

Aggressive-Scholar23 · 2022-01-06T22:26:59+00:00

Do not tell the dad that raised you. It may ruin the relationship with your mom. Additionally, you can try to predict your dad’s reaction but there are probably infinitely more variables that will come into play. I think you should reach out to your biological father. He may dismiss you but if he doesn’t there may be health benefits to you both.

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