Royalties

[Dmitry Noskov]

Hi David!
Big Respect to all that you're doing!!
A little question: how is it going with royalties, do you get your payment once, I mean (50 % at start and other 50 % at the end) and than there's no royalties or it's going different? It's pretty meanfull for me, cause at the start of my film music career(6 years ago) I made a big mistake! :) And how big is difference beetween "with royalties" or "no royalties" contract, what percent it should in first or second way? Sorry, for bad English!
Your fan, Dmitry! :)

[David Newman]

Royalties are of the upmost importance. You should never give away all of them. Typically, the studio takes 50% and you get 50%. That is the industry standard...