As a musician who makes barely enough to survive and produces his own work - I can honestly say, if someone was to come in and produce my work for me the way I do it, I would want them to have royalties on the album for sure...
However, I've worked with producers before who have no vision and are absolutely useless who charge too much upfront and want royalty fees. I've also worked with producers who are brilliant and love the work, love the songs - will work on them for a good fee and not expect royalties... so many variations...
I think these variations can definitely change whether or not royalties are paid to the producer.
If the artist/band themselves are terrible, and the producer makes it sound good - then what's the point of the band? Who put them into the studio, what dumb ass A&R guy brought them in, who authorized it, what retarded producer decided he would produce them? These are the questions I'm asking, who cares about royalties at this stage of the game. When you're making a band/group/artist do something they actually can't, to sound like they don't, then it ceases to be their work and they shouldn't even get royalties on it... it shouldn't even be released...
It's like getting an old rusty car, fixing it up and making it look like the BMW - ethically, you can't sell it - but they do, all the time - ALL THE TIME!
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re: royalties
As a musician who makes barely enough to survive and produces his own work - I can honestly say, if someone was to come in and produce my work for me the way I do it, I would want them to have royalties on the album for sure...
However, I've worked with producers before who have no vision and are absolutely useless who charge too much upfront and want royalty fees. I've also worked with producers who are brilliant and love the work, love the songs - will work on them for a good fee and not expect royalties... so many variations...
I think these variations can definitely change whether or not royalties are paid to the producer.
If the artist/band themselves are terrible, and the producer makes it sound good - then what's the point of the band? Who put them into the studio, what dumb ass A&R guy brought them in, who authorized it, what retarded producer decided he would produce them? These are the questions I'm asking, who cares about royalties at this stage of the game. When you're making a band/group/artist do something they actually can't, to sound like they don't, then it ceases to be their work and they shouldn't even get royalties on it... it shouldn't even be released...
It's like getting an old rusty car, fixing it up and making it look like the BMW - ethically, you can't sell it - but they do, all the time - ALL THE TIME!
Peace