Ben,

What Kevin said is correct. if you enter into a demo contract with the musicians, it can be used ONLY for demo purposes. It cannot be sold in any way, shape or form unless every demo player on the session agrees to it in writing. that is unlikely to happen. yes, the players in Nashville, fo rthe most part, are all union members. they work at union scale. the scale for a demo recording is at a lower price than the scale for commercial songs, ie...being sold for profit.

A work for hire is separate from all of that. A work for hire is a mutually agreed upon price between the conractor (person wanting/paying for the demo to be done) and the musicians on the demo session. With a work-for-hire agreement, the session players are paid for the session work an that particualr song and are not entitled to any compensation thereafter unless the contractor chooses to be generous...which they usually are not.

Work for hire, demo session and commercial session are three different beasts. Each must be handled according to law, mutual agreement and union dictates if union players are used. And the great majority of players used for demo sessions in Nashville are union players.

Hope I helped rather than hindered.

Alan