Being A Music Producer
December 20. 2018
Abbey Road recording studios in London
The role of the music producer has changed over
the years. Up until the late 1990s, producers were more
versatile and talented. Now it requires an army of people to
make music, which ironically is selling less than ever.
Producers such as Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis,
Babyface, Hugh Padgham and Mutt Lange, among others, learned
their trade and did it well for years.
Many newer producers over the past several years
do not properly know or understand music. Now it takes an army
of people to produce the most basic of albums, due to the fact
some people are claiming to be producers (and writers), but
don’t know what they are doing. The link below contains an
article that will help aspiring music producers understand the
industry better. It is a good read and worth your time.
STORY SOURCE
How Does A Producer Get Paid
December 30, 2014 - Usually, a producer is paid
by the hour, by the number of master recordings completed, or a
flat fee. He or she probably will ask for a royalty from the
sale of the record as well. If you agree to such an arrangement,
you’ll have to account to the producer and make regular royalty
payments, based on record sales. These issues must be agreed
upon in advance and laid out in a written contract. As always,
it is recommend to consult with an entertainment attorney to
provide guidance in drafting and/or negotiating this contract.
The producer’s up-front fee will vary (usually
from $250 to $10,000 per song), based on his or her experience
and success, your artist’s level of success, and the number of
songs to be recorded. The fee also can be influenced by whether
the label is a local, national independent, or major record
company. “Producers of tracks,” discussed in the previous
chapter, will receive an additional royalty, because they create
the original music to which artists add vocals. Ultimately, the
producer you and the artist select will depend on the artist’s
musical style and naturally, on the budget...
Aside from his or her fee, the producer, like
the artist, will receive a record royalty. Traditionally this
was based on the same way the artist was paid, which was a
percentage of the record’s sales price, multiplied by the number
of CDs or downloads sold. The record royalty to the artist is
around 15% to 16% of the sales price of the audio product.
The
record royalty for a producer is usually between 3% to 4% of the
record’s sales price or 20% to 25% of the artist's royalties. On
a CD that sells for $10.98, the producer’s royalty would be
about 33 cents for each copy sold and for a digital download of
an album priced at $9.98 the producer receives 30 cents.
However, this 3% record royalty (or “three points,” as it’s
called in the record industry) comes out of the artist’s
royalties and is not an expense incurred by the record label...
For the rest of this article on music producers visit:
http://www.musiccontracts.com
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