emsiwun said:"But just because you made the beat, doesn't mean you produced the song."
and just because you produced the song doesn't mean you made the beat.
also, "cross collateralization" is not a particularly difficult concept...
"cross collateralization" = If you (i.e., artist, producer, etc) have more than one project with the same company (i.e., record label, production company, etc), that company can recoup advances/costs for one project from the other project.
for example, lets say you have 2 albums (album "x" and album "y") out and they both have recoupable advances equalling $10,000 each.
Album "x" sells nothing.
Album "y" sells enough to earn advances totalling $25,000.
That means you will get $5,000.
Why?
Because, of that $25,000:
$10,000 went towards recouping the advances of album "y"
$10,000 went towards recouping the advances of album "x"
$5,000 is left over and goes to you
you see, the money earned from album "y" work towards recouping (i.e., paying back) the advances from album "x"
...sometimes a contract will have a clause stating that there will be "no cross collateralization"... then each album only works to pay off its own advances.