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money up front is usually really spelled R-U-N...especially when they FIND you...You can pay for services you think might help you when YOU research WHO and WHY to hire someone,otherwise it just seems too risky, there are plenty of sharks swimming in the music business waters...good luck

these are notes from a Craig Bickhardt class I recently took...MJ

EXAMPLE 7: SAMPLE BONUS STRUCTURE FOR INDEPENDENT SONGPLUGGER

Album Cut - $500
Gold CD - $500
Platinum CD - $500
Multi-Platinum CD - $500

Single Release - $500
Chart Position Top 50 - $750
Chart Position Top 40 - $1000
Chart Position Top 30 - $1500
Chart Position Top 20 - $2000
Chart Position Top 10 - $3000
Chart Position Top 5 - $4000
Chart Position #1 - $5000
Bonus Multiple weeks at #1- $500 per week

Total for a Platinum CD cut that goes to #1 = $19,250 owed to Plugger


royalty notes just for info:
EXAMPLE 2
2.a - The value of a copyright: Two Writers, Two Publishers

Mechanical Royalties From A Platinum CD cut:
600,000 units x $.091 per unit = $54,600
400,000 units x $.068 per unit = $27,200 (Record Club sales)
TOTAL = $81,800 Split between all writers and publishers

Performance Royalties FROM TOP FIVE COUNTRY RADIO HIT
$500,000 split between 2 writers and 2 publishers ($125,000 each).

Totals:
Writer One: $125,000 (Performance) +$20,450 (Mechanical) =@ $145,000
Publisher One: $125,000 (P) +$20,450 (M) =@ $145,000
Writer Two: $125,000 (P) +$20,450 (M) =@ $145,000
Publisher Two: $125,000 (P) +$20,450 (M) =@ $145,000

2.b Two Writers, One Self-Published
Totals:
Writer One Owns Publishing: $250,000 (P) + $40,900(M) = @ $291,000
Writer Two: $125,000 (P) + $20,450 (M) = $145,400
Publisher Two: $125,000 (P) + $20,450 (M) = $145,400