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  • #23382
    daveydad
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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??

    #23383
    MichaelL
    Participant

    With another mix of that track to sell.

    #23384
    daveydad
    Participant

    You mean “write” another mix? Definitely!! I just hope they don’t use my stems without my knowledge in the future.

    #23386
    ChuckMott
    Participant

    Absolutely, throw it up wherever with remix/alternate/variation in the title.

    #23387
    daveydad
    Participant

    Yeah… will do. But would have rather had the 4 figure payout….

    #23388
    Mark Lewis
    Participant

    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.

    #23613
    daveydad
    Participant

    Just a quick update on this… I was pleased to receive a nice payment for the time I spent on this track. About 60% of what the final project would have paid. 🙂

    #23614
    Vlad
    Participant

    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.

    #23615
    Vlad
    Participant

    And thanks to Mark Lewis for that insight on ‘kill fee’. I had never heard the term.

    #23616
    Michael
    Guest

    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!!!

    #23617
    daveydad
    Participant

    Right. This was a high-end ad agency so hoping I can work with them in the future.

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