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Wendy Woo
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by Rob B. - 08/20/26 02:34 PM
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I have been approched for writing a song, for a project in Tourism. Should I charge a flat rate and give them 100% of the all rights, or try to get some royalties, for my work ?
Thanks for your time, Vince d'Entremont
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You should negotiate a flat fee (exclusive) license for to use of the finished song for their type of project, but don't just sign away your publishing rights!
If they do want full ownership, they should be prepared to pay you a lot of money - i.e. $100k or more! Why? Because the song could make you a lot of money in other contexts in the future. If they deny you the option of earning that income (instead opting to earn it for themselves), you deserve a fair compensation for that.
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Thanks for your imput, a few people told me the same thing!
Vince d'Entremont
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Vince, Jim, as usual, has good adivce.
Here's another thought. You could offer to keep the publishing, but allow them to use it in their applications excluding conventional commercial entertainment, for free. They might be shy of the deal if they feel they'll have to pay publishing fees. For this, they could pay a fee somewhat lower than they would for complete ownership.
Of course, you'd want an entertainment lawyer to help design that.
All the Best,
Mike
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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Hey Vince, It's advertising, right ? So it would be a flat fee for a limited time frame. Usually up to a year. The fee will depend on market reach, either local, regional, national or maybe internet only, the length of the track, and an estimated viewing audience. Fellow JPF'er Michael Borges has a nifty little calculator to give you an estimate http://www.michaelborges.com/If you email Michael, I'm sure he'll be able to help. cheers, niteshift
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