Family Friendly Rap God Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I've been searching the web trying to find out any information on acquiring music rights in order to press it on vinyl. I have a few pieces I'm interested in as passion projects but I have no clue where to start. I tried checking the "How To Press A Record" thread but the link put up by the OP is dead. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Friendly Rap God Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Don't Haha! Thanks for the positive reinforcement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I've always been curious as to how this is done. Hope you get some actual responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Contact the label/publisher. kamalatapes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Friendly Rap God Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Contact the label/publisher. Okay. I looked up who owns the rights for this piece and it's Universal Music Co. Do I call and ask to speak to the copyright department. If I do this I want to do it right. The last thing I want is to be not taken seriously due to my approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Paging RJ, RJ to the music licensing thread. Satan and enjoytheride 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Have your lawyers talk to the major label lawyers and make sure everything is legal. Whatever you do, do not contact the artist. The artist should definitely not know that some random dude is pressing their album until the records are in hand and preorders are launched. toxicity, AlexH., glass realms and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamalatapes Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Okay. I looked up who owns the rights for this piece and it's Universal Music Co. Do I call and ask to speak to the copyright department. If I do this I want to do it right. The last thing I want is to be not taken seriously due to my approach. I would say write them. If you called and they asked you questions you were uncertain of like, how many you're going to press and how much profit you aim to make stuff like that you might get "stuck" and be like , "uhh uhh" and there goes your shot at business with them. With writing them a letter of inquiry they will most likely lay out all the ground rules etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 not to disuade you, but major label licensing, (Especially Universal) is not cheap. You'd be up against a minimum of a 1000 units (if the title is available.. which pickens are getting a lil slim as of late) and you're looking at a per unit cost of roughly $10/ a pop not including packaging or shipping. Also.. for most titles you're on your own sourcing art for them, which means you'll need a designer who's good enough to pop a 5" piece of art up to 12" without it looking like hell. Over all.. you're probably up against an $11-$13 a unit cost which is a pretty sizable investment to make. monsterrod 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highfives Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I work in licensing so I may be able to help a bit. You'll need to speak with their licensing department. You will more than likely pay a large chunk of money down depending on which artist you're trying to license AND you'll pay a percentage of everything you sell. an example would be you pay $10,000 for the rights and 8% of what you sell. I don't know if the label would set minimums, but what you'll be out just in licensing and lawyer fees will definitely set those for you. scottyrobotty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Friendly Rap God Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Thank you everyone! I greatly appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindovermatter Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Step 1: get out your checkbook Step 2: cry fin kjkenney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 If I do this I want to do it right. The last thing I want is to be not taken seriously due to my approach. Too late dreamover and Duff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Friendly Rap God Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Too late Care to explain or are you trolling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimosnow27 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Too late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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