royalties Questions - Social Sound Design

How to choose where to sell my sfx?

2012-01-24T10:40:01Z

This article I found today. I think that might be of interest. You what is your opinion about that?

Selling Sound Effects: How to Choose Where to Sell – Part 1

Selling Sound Effects: How to Choose Where to Sell – Part 2

Fair royalties for a sound designer as a show tours

2012-01-19T04:39:11Z

Hi All-

First off, I literally started an account two seconds ago and am surprised I didn't find this site sooner. Happy to be here.

Okay, so my question. I did a sound design for a small (and tiny budgeted) one-woman show. Essentially, my design changed as her story was being workshopped over months. Now the show is finalized and is going on tour. My design has a lot of environmental cues and found music. (Mainly Nigerian high life and gospel, also some Nigerian pop.) Since the show is tiny and most of my stuff was found and not originally composed music or the like, what is an acceptable royalty fee to ask for? The director wants to know how to compensate me for my work as she takes this on tour. Is it a percentage type of situation (i.e, a certain percentage of what the venue is paying to have the show)? Or should I pitch a fixed rate?

Thanks!

Gilly

Rate of Pay for Services

2011-05-19T21:22:17Z

Hi All:

This is a great forum - I have learned so much, in the short time I have been a member.

I am getting requests to do Sound Design work and people are asking me how much I charge.
As a Novice Sound Designer can anyone offer any suggestions as too what I should charge or how to go about figuring it out?

I read some other threads on subjects closely related and some suggest to provide a SOW, which is great advise. I am very confident in creating a statement of work as I've had experience in another industry doing this, but am not sure what the going rate for Sound Designers is and what type of payment structures there are.

If possible, in the future, I would like to charge royalties on custom design sound but am not sure how realistic this is.

Thanks

Carmine M

How much should I charge for my music being used in a film

2011-05-08T11:07:33Z

I was recently approached by a film producer and asked if I'd be happy to have my songs being used for their film (80mins). I agreed as it's a great way to promote your music. But they asked me what's my expected income from that and I have no idea how much I should charge them. The tracks are my original works, unreleased so there is no problem with getting in touch with a record label etc. Then also comes the royalties etc.. Can someone explain to me how it all works?

Giving Credit on Royalty-Free Sound Libraries

2011-04-08T09:33:23Z

I've recently purchased the Blastwave FX Starter FX royalty-free library, and used/edited/mixed some of its sound effects alongside my personally recorded ones in a game.

I've read over the License Agreement and tried Google and this site as well, but can't find an answer to whether or not I have to credit the library's use in the game's credits or not. Because they're royalty-free, I don't have to, correct?

Also, if I were to use the game segments in a demo reel, do I have to mention the library's use every time?

Sorry if this is a rookie question, but I'm just discovering the power of purchasing libraries for sounds you can't record yourself on a short schedule. My original goal for my whole sound design career was to never use anything that wasn't my own recording. Was that too ambitious?

Residuals for Sound Effects?

2010-07-27T06:18:29Z

Hey guys,

So I have done quite a bit of recording of voice talents. Many of them for sound effects I call "Vocal Effects" where they do anything vocal - walla, screams, laughs, breaths, etc.

I have a friend who is an actor and he went in to record a newscaster voice for one film, but gets residual checks from another film entirely separate to the one he originally recorded it for because they used his vocal effects in that other film.

Who keeps track of this?

Do I need to keep track of every effect and who it was that did it if I want to use those effects from my library from the talents?

I am fascinated by the fact that they can keep track of residual checks to actors in movies, which is great and all, but for audio? It seems extremely complicated and time consuming.

The reason I ask is that I have all this great material that I am afraid to use if I will get in trouble for it.

That brings up another question: I heard you need to pay the library creators every time you use a sound effect from them if what you are working on is meant for commercial use. Sound Ideas, Hollywood Edge, etc. If this is true, I have never seen anyone keep track of this or do this. Do you know of anyone or do you yourself keep track of this and do this?

Does anyone know the protocol for this type of thing? If they ever do find out who did the Wilhelm Scream, will that guy have a massive check in the mail?

Thanks in advance!

Ryan