901_Rice_Street
Rice AKA Clyde Drexler
Let me do some adlibs, my own bridge chorus, let me create the video to the song that will allow me to be a star in the video..........keep the money...all of it.
If it was Nas i would say free and 10% pub, but since its jay I'd say free and 20% pub. Gotta argee with what Troup said, if my name on the credits on the album I would be getting opportunities from all over.
Nice hypothetical Legal!
i'd probably do 3-4k advance and 5% royalties
if they say they'll give me 5 or 6% if i take a lower advance, i'll do it
isn't that a bit too much?! that's like 750k if he goes platinum,am i right?
There will more than likely be a sample that needs to be cleared, so I'd want $10-15k and waive all rights to royalties(that's a deal to Jay, one of the few artists worth even trying that with at entry level). Royalties wouldn't be much anyway after original composers get their cut.
Jay-Z once actually reached out to me for a track and discussed me paying him $2k to use it. Sounded wierd so I backed out. Most people say that was dumb, I even had friends willing to put it up when I declined to, but WTF is 2k to Jay? I felt like it would bite me in the azz somehow. If he had said $10k I woulda just said, "cool, but I can't afford it", but 2k just seemed real suspect. Not sure if I missed a big opportunity or not to this day.
can someone clear up the difference between royalties and publishing? The publishing is the stuff with the pro right? That pays each time the song is spun or synced, but what are royalties? Part of album sales?
So the three basic things in a real deal beat negotiation are
1. Advance (upfront money)
2. Publishing percentage (registering the song with a PRO)
3. Royalties (money from album sales??)
I was checkin out a thread you posted the other day about PRO's n what not, you drop some game for sure. So I guess this 'points' thing is just slang for the percentage of royalties?
i mean on the songs i produce off the album, not 6 points on the entire record
so basically...statutory royalty rate means nothing and you have to negotiate that shit every time you get a song on the album?
the hell? you know youre not negotiating with jay-z himself right?
his lawyer and yours will be going over the agreement. jay-z wont get mad at you and stop being your friend.
im going with atleast 5k. probably start at 7.
sure i wanna make a good impression but im not immediately become rich and famous after doing ONE beat for jay-z
(see the Buchanans, Aqua)
i still need that cake.
jay expects to be charged, its a business.