Q&A: can you sell your music tracks to more then one artist at a time?
Question by Cassie Glouser: can you sell your music tracks to more then one artist at a time?
Okay
so my boyfriend makes is own music on the computer some of the best beats and tracks NO lyrics
and he doesn’t sing
He wanted to produce music can he sell some of his own tracks that he got copyright’s on
and put them online and sell them to more then one artist at a time?
what would that be called
he said its not exclusive rights
so is it Limited? and can it be sold for us to more then one artist
cause i was thinking of helping him build a website!
Best answer:
Answer by Dave LaBuda
You folks really need to understand more about how the music business works. Generally there are many different contracts or license agreements you can enter into with your clients or artists. You can grant them exclusive rights for a given period of time, you can sell your copyright in exchange for royalties, you can grant a license for someone to record your music either exclusively or not exclusively for a period of time. It might help you to get a copy of The Music Business Contract Library by Greg Forest. It’s also possible that you would be better off signing with Tunecore or another online music promoter. How do you intend to attract artists to your web page? Do you think an artist will want one of your songs if it’s not exclusive? When you attach a time period to the agreement you can make it exclusive for a given number of years. You can also make the agreement contingent upon their actually recording and releasing that song within a given period of time in order to maintain exclusivity.
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