My remix on someone else’s EP - Need help
So I made a remix for this kid, and it is going to be on his new EP. He is wanting to sell his EP for $10…my question is should I get a percentage of each sale? Also he is going to be selling my remix on his EP, but atm I want all of my tracks to be free. I’m really not worried about the money, I just want the chance to gain some followers.
No single answer to this
in some instances remixers are paid a flat fee
fat flee + percentage
percentage
it’s a negotiation based on how much exposure you have
Well I mean this this kid has no real exposure, and neither do I. I have only made four songs, so I am not ready to sell any of my stuff. And to top it off, I don’t even think he was planning on paying me, so I am just trying to gain some insight on the subject before I talk to him about some payment. If he doesn’t want to give me anything, then I could just release the song that I made for him as a bootleg, right?
Do you have a contract? Do you have written communication between both parties? How is he selling the remix (on his own or through a distributor)?
I have purchased every remix that people have done for me flat out. Depending on how I think it will sell and how much exposure the artist has. The least I have ever paid is 75 bucks and the most is 350 bucks.
I have remixes I have done on royalty contract.
PM me and I will help you.
^^this.
You need a contract…
Also, what does only 4 songs have to do with being ready to sell them… If they are good enough they are good enough. Some of the bigger name producers exploded onto the scene with what I would call less than stellar work.
This is business my friend, never give a sniff of a track to anyone without some form a legal documentation to protect both of you in the future. This is your lively hood.. or could easily become it.
Yea.. whats this nonsense of giving people tracks before deciding what to do with it and how it will be put out?
I am an amatuer producer and I’m not sure what I was doing. I was excited because this kid wanted a remix from me. And just for the record, he doesn’t have my track yet 
if i were u, i wouldn’t ask for any royalties. thats just me. it depends who approached who. I make remixes for some of my fav local artists out of sheer respect/enjoyment of their work. if they include it in an EP, id be stoked. and if it gets huge, then even better… but im in no point in my career where Id ask someone for $$ unless THEY came to me for a remix. even then, you gotta look at the platform of the artist. if hes huge, id prolly consider it an honor for him or her to ask me to remix one of their tracks.
I cant fully agree with this. For some of us this is a career.. whether it be the start of it or not. If its good enough to be released you deserve compensation for your work.. Period.
I dont work for Charity, I work to pay my bills and feed my kids 
thats fine. my logic doesnt have to apply for everyone. im 24 with a full time job n no kids. the money will come later AFTER i get exposed/blow up. im not after the 75$ for a remix. id rather get huge and then make my own price. to each their own tho.
Well it’s not like it is going to be some major release, this kid is not a well known artist whether it be in our local community or on Soundcloud, Youtube, etc. I don’t see much money coming from this EP. I am really only doing it for the potential followers, I have few bills to pay and no kids, so the money is not the problem. It is just the principle. He is going to be selling an ep with MY remix on it, so I do think that I deserve compensation for my work.
but u gave him the mix… u shoulda thot bout that before hand. just tell him straight up “listen, i didnt know u were gonna sell this. if u are, lets work out a payment deal. if not, then dont release it”. pretty simple/standard
If he doesn’t have your track yet then there is nothing to even think about here. Either get paid or get a contract. If you don’t get paid up front you can be pretty certain that this guy is not going to pay you.
Good luck with that
I like djmetalgear’s way of dealing with it…It is decided! Thanks for all of the input
Holy smokes people. Another negative statement from thy-unholy balakoth. I’m starting to feel bad for him. He’s def mad at something in life. I wonder if his gf left him for a better DJ or somethin. A DJ that knows how to scratch.
Aside from his “Good luck with that” statement he is pretty much right about the way he is thinking. One of the major problems in the US is no-name hacks coming along and saturating the market with shitty productions and subpar DJing. There used to be a time when you had to really work your ass off in the studio and shop your tracks like crazy to the proper labels, and sometimes it would take years for people to be heard and get a track released. Now everyone and their homies have a label and they will just release about anything.
As a long timer in the DJ scene, that worked hard, threw his own parites, did his own flyers, and actually paid for his music…
AMEN!!!
I’m curious how this track sounds like. Is it hip hop?