Originally Posted by John Lawrence Schick
Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
Good call on that John. I didnt even think of it until you mentioned it, thats always an issue. If the thing went on to be a massive hit, ahem, well i wonder how strong they would cling to their contract. Not a real concern, but its something to consider.

The other thing I just realized is they advertise cheap rates for amount of time. ie. 5 bucks for a song of 1 minute, which is hilarious. So by the time you get to three minutes, then the rate goes up substantially, from 5 bucks for one minute to 30 for 3 minutes.

That's the dumbest pay scale i've ever seen in my life. Its like the old studio engineers, who used to charge by the hour, but it would take them three hours to get set up and get ready to record.
At the end of it its probably gonna cost 100 per track which is what just about everybody charges anyway.

Worth a look


Well, I'd be more than happy to go $100, if I'd get a solid performance. But I don't want any surprises down the road.

John smile


Yeah whats to stop them from after the fact saying "hey, not only did I play bass on his track, but I co wrote the music for it" or, if not for my bass line, then the track falls apart, and I should be compensated"
I know its trivial stuff, but could happen.

But I dont like the deceptive pay rate. Who the hell writes a one minute song, unless its a Jingle or a Library piece. Maybe thats what they mean... with the amount of time.

Still a bass player getting paid by the minute sounds pretty stupid to me, the bass in the song doesnt stop after one minute, its a full piece.

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 02/03/20 07:59 PM.