Got my first upfront fee!

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Got my first upfront fee!

Post by Rolf » Mon May 23, 2022 7:24 am

Today I was notified by PayPal about an upfront fee from a library.
Not an enormous amount but enough for a better VST library. :-)
I take it as a step further to generate some income through music licensing.

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Post by OwenGrech » Mon May 23, 2022 9:18 am

Congrats - That's always good news:)

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Re: Got my first upfront fee!

Post by Rolf » Mon May 23, 2022 9:59 am

OwenGrech wrote:
Mon May 23, 2022 9:18 am
Congrats - That's always good news:)
indeed!

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Post by superkons » Tue May 24, 2022 5:55 am

Noice!
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Re: Got my first upfront fee!

Post by JonathanEarthenMusic » Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:43 am

Rolf wrote:
Mon May 23, 2022 7:24 am
Today I was notified by PayPal about an upfront fee from a library.
Not an enormous amount but enough for a better VST library. :-)
I take it as a step further to generate some income through music licensing.
That's awesome, congrats!!!

Can you tell me more? Was the upfront fee a sync fee? Or a buy out? what was it for specifically? Thanks a lot

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Re: Got my first upfront fee!

Post by Rolf » Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:23 am

JonathanE wrote:
Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:43 am
Rolf wrote:
Mon May 23, 2022 7:24 am
Today I was notified by PayPal about an upfront fee from a library.
Not an enormous amount but enough for a better VST library. :-)
I take it as a step further to generate some income through music licensing.
That's awesome, congrats!!!

Can you tell me more? Was the upfront fee a sync fee? Or a buy out? what was it for specifically? Thanks a lot
Hi Jonathan,
this library pays a certain amount in advance just for releasing an album with them, sync fees, and any other royalties you will get when a track gets placed later. In this case, 800$ for a 12-track album.

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Re: Got my first upfront fee!

Post by JonathanEarthenMusic » Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:35 am

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Hi Jonathan,
this library pays a certain amount in advance just for releasing an album with them, sync fees, and any other royalties you will get when a track gets placed later. In this case, 800$ for a 12-track album.
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Ah I see, ok, cool! That's really cool that they do that, I'm assuming maybe most libraries don't?

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Re: Got my first upfront fee!

Post by ErinC » Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:36 am

Just listened to Beautiful Heartland. You're a really great writer. I love the feel good mood, mix is really nice. great builds.

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