The 50/50 recording project
The 50/50 Recording Project is designed to be as nimble as possible in the current environment of making and selling recordings.
The following ideas are considered:
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Many consumers of recorded music like to build their own playlists from purchased music, undermining the notion that recorded music needs to be presented in a multi-track album format.
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Performers, particularly those whose live performances of concert music do not require additional layers of production (overdubbing, post-production signal processing, mixing, etc.) have recording equipment of sufficient quality and access to a decent sounding performance space.
This is my proposal:
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A performer/ensemble makes a recording of my music and sends it to me
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We both must approve of the performance and the sound quality.
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We sign a contract that specifies that after any third party costs, (iTunes, PayPal, etc.) profit will be shared right down the middle, 50/50.
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The recording is sold from this website
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The performer/ensemble receives information about the recording sales semi-annually.
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