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So… I was recently contacted by a reputable music library I’ve dealt with before in the past. A client of theirs liked one of my tracks but wanted it revised to sound more modern/epic, etc etc. So I made some initial changes, the production company liked what they heard and proceeded to use me. Over the next week, I probably spent 5-6 hours revising this track, even sent them stems to work with. Today I get word from them that their client wants to go in a different direction and that they may not even use my track. That’s fine, but where does that leave me and the time I spent revising it??
With another mix of that track to sell.
Absolutely, throw it up wherever with remix/alternate/variation in the title.
ask for a “kill fee”. If not for this time then for the next.
A kill fee is a pretty standard thing to ask for when working in a situation where a client may change their creative direction.Sounds like the library, client, or both, are honorable people. I usually don’t hear stories with a positive ending that often. Glad to hear the news.
And thanks to Mark Lewis for that insight on ‘kill fee’. I had never heard the term.
I missunderstood at first Davey,I thought you meant you had managed to sell the track to somebody else for 60% of the original price but if I understand it right, now,the initiating company gave you 60% of the agreed fee.
That is a really really nice gesture and it says a lot about you and your working relationship with them.Well done!!!