midterm

Door Deal

% of door and/or ticket sales, you'll receive 80 to 90 percent of the ticket sales, and it's up to you if you want to pay your sup- port acts a flat rate or go all-in together and each share a percentage of ticket sales. If you are headlining and going the latter route, I'd ask for at least half of the take.

examples of distribution aggregators

1. Tunecore was the first truly successful music distribution "aggregator" in the market, and I still love their model for a few reasons. As of this writing, Tunecore's fee is $29.99 up front and $49.99/year every subse- quent year to distribute an album. Singles cost $9.99/year. If you are brand new and have no idea what kind of income your release will generate, you should actually distribute via CD Baby, if you are an artist with a proven sales/ streaming track record and know that past individual releases generated more revenue from this distribution channel go with tunecore 2.CD Baby is the other common option for distribution. They charge, as of this writing, $49 per album or $9.95 per single plus 9 percent of your release's distribution income. 3. for EDM, Label Engine, charges $7.99 per track and $29.99 per album, with EP and extended album pricing options as well, ensures your music gets onto Beatport, which is essentially the iTunes/download store of dance music. 4.Level, offers a variety of free and lower priced distribution options.

Distribution fees and percentages

12% on the low end, and they normally ask for a lot more.

Income Streams

Distribution, Direct-to-fan digital distribution, Performing rights organization (e.g., ASCAP, BMI, etc.) Publishing, SoundExchange, Patreon, Online merchandise, Live performances and webcasts, Live merchandise, VIP live show offerings, Live recordings Catalog releases on vinyl and CIMS distribution Sheet music Music lessons Podcast revenue Branding, sponsorships and endorsements Speaking engagements Synch licenses (if landed, you own your rights, and are not unre- couped to a label or publishing company). YouTube royalties Playing on other artists' recordings, or session work, and shows Producing, mixing, mastering, remixing other artists' recordings or arranging songs for other artists

Tour Agreements

Fee Rate of Tax. Please note if the government change the tax laws you will pay the new rate I'm afraid to say, but you can state here a rate change requires you to be notified. Additional items you receive, such as hotels & ground transport. Your rider should be in the agreement. Have your agents add it as pages, not say 'Rider attached'. Make it legally binding. Work Permits - you require clear notification of any permits needed and cost to be reimbursed Catering Load In time or prep time required Number of passes for crew Number of guest list passes and the category of list you expect Are you demanding a Closed Stage Are you allowing streaming? Are you allowing their own photographers and videographers on stage? (I say no)? Will you allow yourself to be included in after movies or only if you get approval Set Time Set Length Name the Artist's before and after you if you can here to save any surprises Changeover time they want or you want Billing Position Approval of all artwork requirements Insurance requirements for you and them Cancellation Rules - when can they cancel, what they have to pay if they do. This can include a difference between in advance or when the Artist is actually in town 'ready to perform' Force Majeure - what happens if an Act of God cancels the show - a flood, winds or nowadays a virus! The level of Public Liability Insurance you are expected to have.

Sound Exchange

Is a Performance Rights Org. that collects and distributes royalties for public performance of sound recordings through digital audio transmission, a nonprofit created by the US govern- ment that pays out internet radio royalties to artists and recording rights owners when music is played on internet and satellite radio stations, such as Pandora and SiriusXM

Soundcloud vs Bandcamp

Soundcloud: you won't directly monetize by doing so from stream one, Obviously for many genres—not at all limited to hip-hop, EDM, and more—it is an incredible platform for discovery. So if you feel that your audience is using SoundCloud, definitely upload your music there. Bandcamp: those who own master record- ing rights, which on Bandcamp are often artists themselves, can upload their music and the rights holder is given the email addresses of fans who purchase their music, let fans pay what they want

Audits

Your contract must have a right to fully Audit every 3 years, set a reminder for 6 months prior. You are often required to notify the label in writing (and be careful if they insist on it as a paper letter not an email and keep your recorded delivery receipt on your filing system). This means you can check every 3 years for the 3 years gone by. Did they recoup everything right, did they pay you correctly?, right to check if you have been payed properly

Radius Clause

a time frame and geographic boundary around a concert preventing an artist from playing a competing show too close in time or geography, venue protects themselves from you playing a rival or close by at your own show. This is normally a number of miles from their show, and a period of time

show settlement

completion of the financial transaction between the artist and the promoter/house, the accounting you do after the show (often in the venue right afterwards) to agree if you broke guarantee and if you are owed money. If you did earn more your agent gets their commission on this also.

Royalties

different royalties generated for each side of the recording: publishing and master

Fancy Friends List

every time you land any sort of press, be it on your own, organically, or via a publicist, grab that journalist's email address and Twitter handle, and pop it into a Google spreadsheet, a great way to keep track of tastemaker types who sup- port your music. By growing this list, you have a way to communicate directly with people who are already into what you're doing. Just like that, you can keep them in the loop about tour dates—always offering to put them on the guest list—in addition to music videos, remixes, and other news you might not have the budget for a publicist to handle

Songtrust

founded by the principals at Downtown Music Publishing, who are forward- thinking and therefore have essentially democratized music publishing collection for all, uses Downtown's world-class music publishing collection system to collect on behalf of any songwriter who wants to work with them. There is a $100 fee to get going, inding every single penny for songwriters. They do retain 15 percent, which is standard for the next level of publish- ing deal—called "administrative" or "admin" deals—that we'll discuss shortly. Therefore, you retain 85 percent of your royalties, as well as own your copyrights, and can leave at any time after a year

publishing royalties

mechanical: income generated by sales of physical product, downloads and streams sync: Income generated by the use of your work to TV Shows, adverts, movies etc, the fee for the Publishing Side. performing rights: Income from public performance on radio, tv, pubs, bars, clubs, live venues etc

Pandora

non-interactive" channels where the user can't necessarily choose the specific track they are listening to, opt in for Pandora's AMP promotional program, as it can take a few months to get confirmed. AMP offers a suite of tools to check out and promote your latest music and tour dates on Pandora.

Booking Agents

receive 10 percent of the gross earnings on your live shows income for doing so. Like with anything, some agents go above and beyond, but ultimately an agent's job is to book and negotiate shows, Set up the productions with the venues, agents want to know is what your draw is in a variety of markets. They're not necessarily going to care about just your home market, as drawing well there should be a given. They want to know if the word on your music is spreading regionally, nationally, and even internationally, agencies are focusing on the number of tickets you can sell above and beyon

master royalties

record sales: Of downloads, physical product like CDs, Vinyl, streaming. synch: This was licensing the Master side of the music to TV shows, Adverts, movies etc. neighboring rights: The label share.Paid to the labels by people using your music in public. Radio, TV, bars, clubs etc. Rates and what counts vary globally and The Artist Share.Same type of incomeas the label share, but it has been split into their share and your share.

Messaging platforms

slack, textedly, SuperPhone, EZTexting, Fangage, Digits, Twilio.com, and Reach

InDMusic

third party content ID, or iden- tification company, such as InDMusic. This is to ensure your recorded music and content is being fully monetized on YouTube, beyond what is already being collected on for any and all songwriting royalties you are owed

Distribution aggregators

third party service that can help you get your music distributed on platforms including Apple Music, Spotify, amazon, distribution to major platforms that house catalogs of music including Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Beatport, and more

Record Bundle

when you sell a product, normally a merch piece or a tour ticket, with the record, For example you can add a download link, but it only counts if the fan downloads it. It can be that the week you sell, applies to the charts only that week, so you have to time it.