Originally Posted By: floyd jane
No one ever talks about percentages.

Everyone in the room gets an even split.

And no one EVER whips out a "writer's agreement" to sign.



Kinda like whipping out a pre-nup at the alter... yeah, there's better ways to handle it, but the advice to get it in writing is echoed throughout the songwriting world. I have signed my share of agreements after the song was done. Any time you plan to exploit a co-written song, you better have the agreement in writing and signed by all parties involved in the song. I dare say if you write with the likes of Jeff Steele, you might not sign the agreement in the session, but before that song goes anywhere, you will sign one.

And yes.... I agree, everyone in the project gets an even cut/share/percentage, whatever you want to call it. I thought that was in the post...last paragraph



I have even heard one famous hit song writer say that if the coffee guy came into the room to fix a new pot of coffee during the writing, that he should also get a share since perhaps his presence inspired an idea that would otherwise not have occurred. I don't know if I would go that far, and perhaps he was using that as hyperbole to illustrate that everyone gets the same share.

Every single collab I have worked on has been an equal split between the writers, no matter how much was contributed by any given partner.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 01/23/17 03:02 PM.
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