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Comment on Songwriting: How Much Money Can I Make? by JMack

JMack — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:23:14 +0000

yes but what would an unknown songwriter typically get for a song on another artists cd, or what should they ask for if someone is interested in one of their songs?

Comment on Songwriting: How Much Money Can I Make? by Salvador

Salvador — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:55:01 +0000

Hi Scott

First off let me just say I find your blog very informative and interesting.

My question relates to u.s radio and television royalties. I see that you put $800,000 on average for a hit song. Is that in a hit song’s lifetime or just in its most successful year?

Thanks for your time and your blog.

Comment on Songwriting: How Much Money Can I Make? by Edward ormandy

Edward ormandy — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:28:55 +0000

I just landed an instrumental theme song for a hit TV show in the US, the song will be airing in 12 other countries , the show is on a cable network a 11pm it plays 4 times a day and they use the song throughout the whole show, i did a buy out deal so i was wondering how much Mecanical royalties i get per show in the US ???

Thanks

Comment on Songwriting: How Much Money Can I Make? by Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:42:52 +0000

Hi Johnny.
For unknown artists, odds are they’d want a buyout of some sort. A few thousand dollars.
For major artists, a typical fee structure is something like this:
1 – 500,000 units $0.020 / unit
500,001 – 1,000,000 units $0.026 / unit
1,000,001 – + $0.030 / unit

It doesn’t look like much.. but it adds up, since these videos tend to sell so much.

Comment on Songwriting: How Much Money Can I Make? by Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:41:31 +0000

What an interesting and useful article! I have a question regarding video games – If the song is to be used in its entirety on a game thats sole purpose is to interact with the music a la guitar hero then what would (should) the payment structure be? I’m thinking in terms of a relatively obscure act but would be interesting to know what a well known act could expect as well!

Best

Johnny