Hello,

I'm going to try to make this quick and to the point.
I'm recording a 12 song album with an engineer (I play the instruments, he records and throws in idea's for sounds every now and then) I don't make a lot of money so I've been paying him like $200 a song which I know is low (considering we've been working for a few months on these songs to try and get them as best as they can be) He wants to make a contract with me stating that whatever I make with these songs as an artist in "net profits" he wants 10%. He doesn't want part of the publishing, just whatever I were to get paid for putting it into a movie, album sales, etc.

I'm wondering if that sounds like a fair deal or if he's asking for a lot...and what a fair percentage would be to give him. Also, should there be a time restriction (like 3 years) Say I do become sucessful...I'm wondering how much else I'm going to have to payout for other things such as a manager, what a record label is going to take off the top, etc. What else is in store?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks everyone