Producers typically get an upfront advance plus 3% to 5% of the record's revenue. When their music is sampled, they collect a non-recoupable publishing fee if they own the publishing, or a recoupable fee when others sample their work.
Chapters
You touched on something that I'd like to go a little deeper on, if you don't mind. You talked about the producer royalties, and I think you're one of two companies that collect that. No one else does. So could you talk a little bit about that? Because it's an area where most producers don't even realize that they're, they're owned. Is that mechanical royalties?
What we're looking at is actually recording royalties. So I mean, if you look at a producer who produces For an artist, the agreement is usually some type of advance or some type of upfront payment, and then you're looking at a couple of percentage points known as producer points, usually 3 to 5. There you go, uh, on the record. But this also applies to, like I mentioned, sampled artists, where it's the same thing. You typically get a non-recoupable fee for your publishing if you own that. You get a recoupable fee when someone samples your music