OK This is it from me also.....We do not have the "Demo" system you have.....we either use our own facilities or hire a studio AT FULL RATE to produce a recording of any song we write. Either way this costs EXTRA to just writing the song IE words and music. If a person uses a studio albeit his own to produce something over and above just writing the tune.....this production deserves at least a work for hire payment. He already fulfilled his 50% of the arrangement with the cowriter by writing the tune. I do not charge friends for this extra work and include JPF members as friends but I can see why some people should in principle get paid for the extra step of recording the song. All cowriters should split these costs. If you were to put proper business practices to this arrangement in theory the lyric writer should fork out half of the costs of the equipment hire, studio time etc.....
Musicians usually lose out on a work for hire as they work at cut rates. if the resulting work makes the song any money they get no extra..... As most of the time it is their musicianship and studio production that sells rather than the words and melody THIS SEEMS UNFAIR...but it is a numbers game and that is the chance they have to take. They are all but forced to make this arrangement otherwise they would put in a lot of work for no financial reward.

Last edited by BIG JIM MERRILEES; 10/02/10 03:30 PM.
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