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Old 18-07-2014, 13:32
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Are songwriting royalties split equally amongst all credited writers. Or do some writers get a larger share (to presumably reward greater involvement). What sort of percentage to writers get these days?

Also, do producers and 'remix'ers get a cut of royalties?
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Old 18-07-2014, 21:43
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Are songwriting royalties split equally amongst all credited writers. Or do some writers get a larger share (to presumably reward greater involvement). What sort of percentage to writers get these days?

Also, do producers and 'remix'ers get a cut of royalties?
I can't answer your first question definitively, but there is a saying in the music industry that goes "write one word and get one third" (of the royalties)

Producers do usually get percentage points on tracks they've worked on and I believe that big name remixers can get the same, but generally they get a flat fee for a remix.
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Old 19-07-2014, 08:53
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it's something that's usually agreed between the relevant parties

http://songwritingandmusicbusiness.c...riting_Splits/

that should explain more, but there is no definitive answer to fit all
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Old 19-07-2014, 11:40
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it's something that's usually agreed between the relevant parties

http://songwritingandmusicbusiness.c...riting_Splits/

that should explain more, but there is no definitive answer to fit all
Thank you very much, really helpful article!

I didn't realise the difference between songwriting copyright and production copyright - this answers my question about what remix'ers get (the latter, if I've read it correctly).
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Old 19-07-2014, 12:06
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Also found this information about cut of sales:
http://songwritingandmusicbusiness.com/articles/what_is_a_sound_recording_copyright/

If you're just a writer on the song, you only get $0.091 per unit sold as a mechanical royalty. (mechanicals article)

So if you're selling on iTunes for $0.99 (they keep $0.29 - yes it's a high percentage) leaving $0.70. Out of that comes your songwriter/publisher $0.091 leaving $0.609 for whomever owns the sound recording aka master. That's 60.9 cents for the sound recording copyright owner and only 9.1 cents for the songwriter & publisher.
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Old 19-07-2014, 13:22
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Jeez no wonder songwriters aren't happy about selling credits to artists if their cut is so small in the first place.
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