thatnewguy

With that circa 1992 website It seems like you're also a graphic designer!

just trying to be cryptic in case said person finds this It's a pretty specific scenario as it is... but thanks for the input!

Hi Everyone, I have a question regarding song splits. To make a long story short I was recently in a writing session with 5 people (including myself). One of the guys from the writing session wrote lyrics while I wrote the melody. Two of the people did not have any input (and have since agreed they don't want any splits on the song). The final person at the writing session wrote a chord progression (2 chords) which was used to help create the melody. Now I know that chord progressions are not copyrightable but we've been told that since she was present at the writing session that she is entitled to a song split. However she wants us to split the song evenly between the three contributors (33%). This doesn't seem completely fair as she's claiming her chords (which aren't even copyrightable) are just as crucial as the lyrics and the melody. One of the chords has already been changed in the final recording; but this isn't the issue. The issue is that we are told because she was present at a writing session she gets writing credits. We want to give her writing credits but feel like 33% is really not fair at all especially considering that she is only even considered to get writing credits on a technicality. What is the best way to approach this? What would be a fair split?