Members Matximus Posted May 14, 2009 Members Posted May 14, 2009 What if I offered you $50 for one of your original songs. For the rights. Full ownership. Maybe something you posted on Myspace and you've never made any money off of it. Would you sell it to me?
Members MartinC Posted May 14, 2009 Members Posted May 14, 2009 Nope, cause it takes way more than 50. worth of effort to write a song worth recording. But if your talking lead sheets with chords and a melody, no recording, and your buying in bulk, I'd probably agree to sell 500 crappy songs written at breakneck speed at 50.00 a piece for 25k Send me the deposit and I'll get right on it. Let's see, 15 or better tunes a day, I'd be done in a month. Not bad pay for a month. Fire up "band in a box", maybe do it in two weeks. Any chance of an annual contract? I'd get three guys writing for 15.00 an hour..........
Members slight-return Posted May 14, 2009 Members Posted May 14, 2009 depends I suppose. I mean if it's a throw away (like something composed for homework for a music theory class or a song from a "write a song a day for a month" project) - yeah 50 bones might be a windfall.something more substantial (either in effort or that I personally value more) or if I don't like you -- then probably not I guess I'd do it for hire, but I'd have to take opportunity cost into consideration in which case my computer doesn't even boot up for $50
Members Opus Antics Posted May 15, 2009 Members Posted May 15, 2009 depends I suppose.I mean if it's a throw away (like something composed for homework for a music theory class or a song from a "write a song a day for a month" project) - yeah 50 bones might be a windfall.something more substantial (either in effort or that I personally value more) or if I don't like you -- then probably notI guess I'd do it for hire, but I'd have to take opportunity cost into consideration in which case my computer doesn't even boot up for $50 I'd do it because I'm not actively promoting my songs at all. Not a bit. So if anyone wants to buy one, I'd gladly sell it for $50 bucks - it's found money. And if you go on to do something "big" with it the fact is I'd have never achieved that with what I'm doing with my own songs, so I haven't lost anything anyway. And then I can say, "I wrote the platimum selling song Fifty Bucks In The Hole" which may allow me to start doing something with the rest of my songs. Open some doors, give me some credibility. Some of you may say, license it, etc. And that's fine, but I'm playing the game as though the offer is $50, take it or leave it. I'd do it. I can always write more and I think my best are still ahead of me.
Members Kramerguy Posted May 15, 2009 Members Posted May 15, 2009 Nope. I'd give you publishing rights for $50, but not ownership. Isn't that how the labels screwed bands?
Members Pankot Posted May 15, 2009 Members Posted May 15, 2009 I'd wonder why it's so important to you that you have full ownership. That would make the whole deal smell fishy to me.. I'd probably counter-offer with $40 + 10% of your gross revenues from any exploitation of the material.
Moderators daddymack Posted May 15, 2009 Moderators Posted May 15, 2009 yes, for $50 I would sell you the original piece of paper I wrote the song on, and you would own that piece of paper...but as the song itself would already have been registered with the Copyright office, I doubt that would get you what you really want I have lots of paper...bring cash
Members Surrealistic Posted May 15, 2009 Members Posted May 15, 2009 No chance. I won't get out of bed for $50. Even if it were my worst song, which probably isn't worth 50 cents I'd still say no. Now if you were talking life changing money, say for instance, $250,000, I'd have no hesitation ... and I wouldn't lose any sleep if you went on to make a couple of million out of it either.
Members Marko Posted May 15, 2009 Members Posted May 15, 2009 I'd wonder why it's so important to you that you have full ownership. That would make the whole deal smell fishy to me.. I'd probably counter-offer with $40 + 10% of your gross revenues from any exploitation of the material. Yes, something like this... A little cash, and little piece of what it brings in. Good deal all around, since at $50, it’s not a big gamble for the guy who wants to promote it.
Members boxorox Posted May 26, 2009 Members Posted May 26, 2009 No. What's the point here? Is it the ethics or morals of buying songs from ignorant or judgementally impaired people? It used to be a fairly common business practice. Heck, $50 could buy a decent used car. It could be half a year in a good boarding house, with meals. These days, I might let something go cheap if I was truly desperate. But I'd like at least as much as the lawyers got to write the contract, up front, and five points on songwriting AND publishing.
Members dgarman Posted May 26, 2009 Members Posted May 26, 2009 There may be one or two songs I would be tempted to let go for $50, but my gut tells me I wouldn't actually go through with it. It wouldn't work for me anyway, because most of my songs have been written in collaboration with other people, and $50 split 3 or 4 ways doesn't sound very appealing.
Members Poker99 Posted May 26, 2009 Members Posted May 26, 2009 What if I offered you $50 for one of your original songs. For the rights. Full ownership. Maybe something you posted on Myspace and you've never made any money off of it. Would you sell it to me? Check this thread http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2332986
Members danosongs Posted May 26, 2009 Members Posted May 26, 2009 Sure, I would write a song for $50 and give you complete rights. It would take no longer than 1 hour and $50 per hour is decent pay. Plus if I dont even have to take the time to record it - heck yeah.
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