I read the post titled "Songwriter Question" and a thousand questions came to mind.
It covered some basics of how to find a publishing company. What I would love to know is...
Has anyonme out there ever sold a song? What is the common practice and what can one expect? Do you sell the song or do you "lease" it to someone? How does this work? I can imagine selling a song outright for say $5000 and then along comes band X and sells 5 million copies in singles and album sales combined. Even if you got a nickel for each copy sold you would still be sitting in dough. That nickel per would be worth $250K. Of course, this seems so unlikely I cannot imagine but then again it also seems kind of ideal.. from the writers position at least.
Can anyone with experience give a short explanation of what you have gone through selling or licensing an original song? Have you made money and how did you do it?
Thanks,
Wiley
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Hmm.. Trying to interpret why no one has answerd this one. It s
Hmm.. Trying to interpret why no one has answerd this one. It seems like an engaging topic. Well, maybe it was naive to think I might get an answer. 8)
I imagine those have any success at selling songs probably don't want the competition that new writers bring. Thus, no "This is how i did it" stories being told. Or maybe the topic just bores everyone?
No idea. Well, if anyone out there wants to tell their story that would be great! If not, does anyone care to comment on why they think no one has answered? That in and of itself seems an interesting thing....
Cheers all,
Wiley