Polly
I didn't twist anything you said. You said the lyrics were only ten percent of the song. How did I twist that?
You also said you expected to get a cowrite if you wrote the melody and you also wanted to be paid. How did I twist that?

Here are your own words.

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If someone MAKES UP A MELODY AND MUSIC TO A LYRIC, THAT PERSON IS A COWRITE! This is SEPERATE from if that same person then performs the song on a demo. He or she should be paid seperately for performing the song on a demo because that is more work and time put in. I have investigated this in depth, and if Haze and I do any more demos, and he has to write a melody and put music to a bare lyric, he will be cowrite. We will be paid seperately to perform on the demo. As he is extremely reasonable, ($150 for guitar/vocal and he mixes it down and turns out a high quality product, more often than including more than one instrument just because) we DO NOT see ourselves as "scam artists". If we were charging $1,000 then maybe, but what people get for $150 is a real bargain, and the credentials Haze has behind his name make most people want him as cowrite anyway. It certainly can't hurt!


I really think if you expect someone to pay you for a melody and give you a cowrite you will probably not be doing much business.

I also said it was ok to do both. Write a melody for a lyric and get a cowrite then do a separate contract for the demo.

But there is a lot more to it than that. Are the Demos "DEMOS" or are they a collab with the lyricist? Will this "DEMO" be released and for sale? Or is this strictly for DEMO purposes? Is it work for hire?

Does the Melody get copyrighted separately form the lyric? or are they copyrighted together? If the lyricist isn't happy with the melody and you have taken a cowrite will the lyricist be able to take it to someone else?

But to make a statement if we do any more demos we will get paid and a cowrite is not sounding so good.

Bill
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