JessicaLFenton

Yeah - I should have put this topic in the Business section. In fact, I will do just that. Thank you for the feedback - everyone. Mr. Man has stated that the new "master" of the original sound recording would give me Author Rights and him Publisher Rights. So if there is a license for the new master - i get 50% of it, he gets the other 50%. Hmm....

I've been in contact with someone who has expressed interest in using my songs in TV & Commercials. He does this for a living and is supposedly quite active/experienced in the industry. He said in order to do this, I would need to copyright a "new master" of the same recording - listing him as 50% of the author. He would then turn around and use the "new master" in the TV and Commercials. So if an agency uses the song, we'd both get paid... Example: He wants to use my song "Wool" I'd copyright a new "master" under a NEW title of the SAME recording - "Wool Two" - written by Jessica L Fenton, published by Mr. Man. (50/50) He'd send "Wool TWO" to the tv agency for usage. If the agency pays $500 for "Wool Two", I get $250, he gets $250. He says this is very common and is tyipcally how it's done when putting your music in TV and commercials. I have never heard of this method. Anyone have any input on this??

Hi - I'm a New York City based singer-songwriter. This is me: http://www.myspace.com/jessicalfenton That's it for now.