Hey, I'm new to this forum but I'm in a situation I need some general opinions on from people who are familiar with publishing. I'll explain as best I can.
I am a singer and had a session with a producer at his studio, when I showed up he had 'co-writer' there. The co-writer and I wrote a whole song together (lyrics, melody & chords) and this producer sat in silence and waited for the song to be written then just recorded it and 'produced' it a little.
The chorus of the song has been picked up by a major rapper who wants to use it (I brought the hook to him direct). I then caught wind of the said producer wanting a song writing split, as well as production points. And he wants all 3 of us to split the writing 3 ways claiming we were all in the room together and that's just 'how they work'.
I've never worked with a producer who didn't contribute to the songwriting process who wanted a cut of the writing as well as the production so I'm finding this a little uncomfortable.
I suggested if he wanted to split the writing 3 ways, then we split the production 3 ways (however that works?) so we ALL are equal in this.
I just can't really get my head around giving 1/3 of the writing split to someone who didn't write on the track?
Not sure if I'm being irrational here. Any help/opinions would be great on this.
I am a singer and had a session with a producer at his studio, when I showed up he had 'co-writer' there. The co-writer and I wrote a whole song together (lyrics, melody & chords) and this producer sat in silence and waited for the song to be written then just recorded it and 'produced' it a little.
The chorus of the song has been picked up by a major rapper who wants to use it (I brought the hook to him direct). I then caught wind of the said producer wanting a song writing split, as well as production points. And he wants all 3 of us to split the writing 3 ways claiming we were all in the room together and that's just 'how they work'.
I've never worked with a producer who didn't contribute to the songwriting process who wanted a cut of the writing as well as the production so I'm finding this a little uncomfortable.
I suggested if he wanted to split the writing 3 ways, then we split the production 3 ways (however that works?) so we ALL are equal in this.
I just can't really get my head around giving 1/3 of the writing split to someone who didn't write on the track?
Not sure if I'm being irrational here. Any help/opinions would be great on this.
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