Contacted by a manager...need help.

[ClydeJacobs]

A couple weeks ago I was contacted by a girl about my beats and she wants me to be the producer of her album which will be sent to a record company. I agreed. This week, I was contacted by her manager and she said that I would get a percentage of all sells. My only question is shouldn't I sign a contract or something first? They didn't say what percentage I'd be getting payed or anything. I'm new to this, so I don't know the process. Please help with any information you can give me. Thanks!

 

[[John Doe]]

1st off I hope you got all ur shit copyrighted......

2nd i hope u didn't send them ur instrumentals already.

they need some paperwork

 

[lucabluefire]

I consider it unfair to not specify the percentages... and it's not professional also.
Seems to me (I hope I am wrong) they're just trying to get some tracks for free.
I would ask to have all of the conditions written down.
Also I assume you're not getting paid anything upfront: so if you want to avoid wasting hours/days of your time on that, I would research about who these people are and their careers.
That's to be sure that once the tracks are released they don't go dead on a itunes link or youtube video that nobody cares for, which would mean you basically worked for free.

 

[agivens]

Here are the questions that you need answers to.

1. What percentage of the publishing will I get?

2. What percentage of the revenue generated from the masters will I get and if they press, how many points will I get?

3. What percentage of mechanical royalties will I get?

If you are talented enough don't ask any questions because and when they go to a label and get offered something you'll be in a very good negotiating position because if they want to use them they'll have to come to u to negotiate the terms and you'll be able to name your terms.