Letting a signed band use my riffs...
- Thread starter Ola Englund
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phatfil
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It's not suprising to me that others would want to buy your music - your music is seriously good shit Ola.
You should charge by the note.
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^^^Yeah, some free copies of the album, and your name in the thank list that would be pretty cool. Who is the band? come on dude, your music kicks ass so bad! Please say who is trying to takeyour riffs!
that would be pretty cool. Who is the band? come on dude, your music kicks ass so bad! Please say who is trying to takeyour riffs!
Executioner213
Ultimate Meatbag
Jevil
Pro Evolution Fucker
If they are signed, they have to register all tracks in the copyright company (you have to do this in Spain).
Ask them to include you as 20-30% of the rights. Of course you will have to be a member os the copyright company of your country. If the song is succesful and played on radios, compilations, or whatever, you will earn some bucks.
Ask them to include you as 20-30% of the rights. Of course you will have to be a member os the copyright company of your country. If the song is succesful and played on radios, compilations, or whatever, you will earn some bucks.
Jind
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These are my initial thoughts on it - figure out an easy up-front number for compensation, but just make sure that they give you compositional credit on the song they use your riff in.
DanLights
Santa Hat Forever
I'm just suprised they actually PMed you to ask you to use one of your riffs. Most bands would just fucking take it, it must be a pretty cool riff.
All this talk about lawyers and royalties, spill out the beans! I want to hear the band AND THE RIFF
All this talk about lawyers and royalties, spill out the beans! I want to hear the band AND THE RIFF
kramer1309
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sorry dudes, I'll have to hear with the guys if I can spill the beans. But I reccon I can't say anything before everything is released. Which could take a while
i'm with lasse on this one...unless they're pretty well known, or signed to a pretty major label, i would settle for a bit of cash along with a songwriting credit for the use of a single riff
Felix Neumann
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Congrats, Ola! This must be THE killer riff, you´ve wrote 
Did you ask how much is it worth to them?
Did you ask how much is it worth to them?
smy1
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Ola: to be honest, there is absolutely no legal, ethical or moral reason why you can't name a band that is interested in your riff!
Unless you think this would somehow lead them to not want to buy your riff ...
Unless you think this would somehow lead them to not want to buy your riff ...
Probably because it's common practice to not make announcements until they're official and set in stone so to speak.
HeadCrusher
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Well, first I would ask the band what kind of compensation they had thought about. If possible I'd try to get registered as one of the authors for that particular song with the copyright collecting society. Depending on how they split their royalties within the band that might get you something from a 1/4 to a 1/6 or so. That means money for every CD printed and every performance of the song. If you are lucky they might put in on a Live DVD at some point later in their career and the money keeps rolling in. It might not be a whole lot but I guess it's save to say it could be around a few hundred Euros in the first two years if they play/tour a lot. If you don't think that the band will be successful see if you can get an upfront payment or some other kind of compensation that suits you. I don't think it's that unrealistic to get a royalties share.
Anyway, just ask them what they had thought about first and then tell us.
Anyway, just ask them what they had thought about first and then tell us.
-J-
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cool name. a bit long. maybe they could shorten it up to INTWBIIUTDIC.
I'm here all week, try the veal.
I've had a few bands buy off my riffs and always did a buyout. It's the most simple and realistic approach. Like Lasse said, no band or label will go through all that trouble for a riff...no matter how cool or unique it may be. Consider yourself lucky that they didn't just steal the riff, which I've had done to me quite a few times (didn't bother to take legal actions though). That's why I worry about everyone posting their songs on here because I know there are shitty bands/people that do this. Also whether a band is signed or not is really irrelevant these days as it really depends on the label and what they're doing with the band. How much airtime/touring/promotion they get is what really matters. Anyways, charge a fixed price and leave it at that...
