Recently, some manufacturers have tended to include new terms in their licensing agreements. This is primarily a term that gives the producer the power to terminate your term before your license agreement expires. In return, they will have to pay you three or double what you originally paid for the pace. Don`t worry, because most of the time it`s not a problem for you. Unless your song becomes a big hit. If you run your business properly, the possibility of these scenarios becoming catastrophic is rare, so have fun shopping around! If you work well under your payment and performance contract, you will not be fined or penalized if you succeed. Instead, you need to talk to the producer and negotiate a deal. When a person licenses a beat on a non-exclusive basis, they are expressly granted the right to create a derivative work. In the image below, you will find a summary and comparison between non-exclusive and exclusive Beat licenses. Please note that the limit for non-exclusive “sales” and “feeds” does not apply to “Unlimited” licenses. Nothing! 🙂 Your license is valid for the duration of the Agreement or until you have reached the maximum number of streams and/or games. (Check your license agreement) However, this is not a necessity for everyone. In fact, most artists are better off with a non-exclusive license.
Some manufacturers (including myself) charge a tiny percentage of mechanical royalties in their exclusivity agreements. This could range from 1 to 10%. Whether you have purchased an exclusive or non-exclusive license. The producer will still own the copyright to the music and the artist will still own the copyright to the lyrics (unless they were written by someone other than the artist). While I have listed above some positive aspects regarding unlimited leases, there are also negative aspects that need to be highlighted. Owning exclusive rights to a beat basically means that you can master your song without any restrictions on user rights. With this type of license, you can actually make money commercially and globally. Your reach in using the Master is huge without restrictions. Also, the beat license is no longer an issue now that you own the exclusive rights to the song you created with the beats.
It is recommended to always have an experienced music lawyer who will review the chords before using them. Download a rhythm that you know has been professionally mixed, an example would be a typical YouTube rhythm. Play both beats at the same time, add volume and compare the quality of the two beats. Go back and forth several times and listen carefully, at the end of everything you will be able to identify the gaps between the quality of the two. If you`re not careful, the samples can really turn out to be a big pain for you. If you rent beats for promotional purposes like mixtapes and demos, then it won`t be such a big deal for you. However, if you buy exclusive rights, this can be a big criticism. You should know without a doubt that your rhythm does not contain any samples. Hello Franco! Thank you for your comment. In my opinion, if a beat has been rented to other artists and you buy the “exclusive rights”, you don`t really get the beat exclusively.
Exclusivity means “limitation to a specific person.” So if other artists have a lease with a beat for which you bought the exclusive rights, is it just “limited” to you? Are you the only one with her? No, because the artists who praised the beat have it too. I have an entire article describing what exclusive beats are if you want to read more details about them. By the way, beats that are available for both rental and exclusive rights are not real exclusive beats in my opinion. Below you can learn more about what real exclusive beats are: Nowadays, producers sell licenses valid for about 2-4 years. This means that once your license expires after this period, you can renew and purchase another license for the rhythm. With a non-exclusive license, you get 0% of the publishing rights. The highest quality files – Another great advantage of unlimited beat lease is the fact that the artist or licensee gets the highest quality files. This usually includes a high-quality MP3 file, a high-quality WAV file, and track rods. In comparison, a basic lease usually contains only the MP3 file. .
