A while back I recorded a killer piece of music for a client/friend. Everything composed by him, I was just the hired gun for the day.
It was just a personal project of his (for a presentation), and at the time he had no plans of releasing it or anything.
He's a pretty chill guy and I loved the piece so much I've considered approaching him about releasing it... as a cover, of sorts, under my artist name (whether we use the original master or I record again would obviously be up to him).
Obviously I'd need to get his permission for anything and everything and draw up a rider/something similar to accompany the original WFH if using that same recording. My question is this.... since this is, to my knowledge, unreleased.... there's no HFA involved, or anything like that. I've been racking my brain to try and think of what I'm missing, so aside from the very obvious permissions issue—how am I making sure beyond a shadow of the doubt that he's paid properly as the composer if he goes for it? Is there anything obvious I need to do that I potentially haven't thought of?
Now of course he owns this particular piece we previously recorded in its entirety, and could just release it under his own name—but as he's not an artist, or active performer, the draw for him would be getting some traction in the circles that I have connections in. I've had a decent amount of traction in that specific area, so it could definitely be beneficial for him.
At the end of the day, he may have zero interest in this but in the event he does, I'd like to have my head fully wrapped around the idea!
Thanks folks!
