thanks reggie and Virtual Raapie!!
you gave me some knowledge in a area i don't know much
about. i made a patch for you and all those who always
help me. i will post it on this site.
hope you like it!!
THANKS AGAIN!!
ELEKTRO DAN
--- Reggie <
reggie@...> wrote:
> Hmmmmn, Hard question this, But from My own personal
> experience, I'd
> expect a pretty crap contract, to start off with.
>
> We got a contract for 1 record last summer, they
> released it in October,
> we got a �250 advance between 3 of us. We will just
> about break even on
> the Vinyl that they pressed up for the EP (1423
> copies sold to date).
>
> After all monies have been recouped for the vinyl we
> are supposed to get
> 50% of the profit (Which is going to amount to
> Zilch!)
>
> BUT that all sounds like a bad deal for the tune
> that they have of ours,
> but it's not as bad as it sounds.
>
> For a start we knew what we were getting into, we
> read the contract and
> had it looked over and it's a standard contract,
> nothing out of order.
>
> Secondly, The label we signed to is Cooking Records
> (Part of GLR
> Records, which is run by LTJ BUKEM, who has a
> reasonable customer Base
> and they deal with both of the styles of music that
> we to make (Downbeat
> and Drum & Bass.))
>
> Thirdly, Our single has just been released on an
> album (Last week) which
> means we should get around �5000 between the 3 of
> us, So the contract
> started out pretty Crap, but the strength of the
> Tune itself has carried
> it further and now our contract is better.
>
> So, for me the contract was good, We got signed to a
> label that we knew
> well and that was the main reason for signing, Being
> associated with
> this company, not the money, they now want more
> tunes from us and they
> are prepared to push us further, which makes me feel
> that it was worth
> the risk of the seemingly crap contract!
>
> The other thing about this is that it was the 1st
> record that I have
> tried to sell, So, I guess I got very lucky in the
> fact that the first
> company we approached with it gave us a contract :�)
>
> In article <9irj2j+5t8a@...>, ELEKTRO DAN
> <elektro_dan@...> writes
> >sorry for being off topic but i know there must be
> many producers on
> >this list and i thought you might be able to answer
> a few questions.
> >
> >In my past i've been ripped off many times because
> of my lack of
> >knowledge in areas i did not have much knowledge
> in.
> >
> >I just want to know for the average "ok" song in
> the following
> >categorys, how much money should i ask for or be
> given?
> >
> >hard tekno (tek house, progressive house) ??
> >
> >tekno ??
> >
> >house (disco, jazzy, funky) ??
> >
> >drum & bass (jungle)??
> >
> >also, do producers care how long a song is? i think
> 5 min. is average
> >is that the case?
> >
> >i hope someone can give me knowledge in this area
> because it's very
> >important.
> >
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >elektro dan.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> See ya,
>
> Reggie
>
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DAN C.
Toronto, Canada
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