Thank you again for your advice. Sorry to keep going on but...
The band have asked me to find and deal with a printer for the run of all the pieces and they have indicated that they require 100 t-shirts, 500 each of CD covers/inserts, business cards and postcards and a logo design. Should I write in the contract that the reproduction rights of each design is restricted to the quantity indicated and any further runs will need my permission and incur a fee or % royalty? Or do I just quote them for the whole job and leave it at that? Also, since i'm dealing with the printers do I still need to hand over the designs to the band?
I'm really desperate for some advice on reproduction rights please.
Specifically for a band logo. Once designed do I just need to hand over the copyright and reproduction rights? Also, does the same go for t-shirt artwork?
I don't know anything about reproduction rights...can anyone please enlighten me?
You are a star! Thank you so much for your advice I really appreciate it.
'Most of the designers I've worked with charge a fee for coming up with 2-3 design concepts, so visuals to present to them. Then a fee for finalizing the chosen route to finished artwork and then a fee for each application - so applying that to CD covers then again to t-shirts etc.'
Regarding the above, are you able to give me a guideline 'fee' for each of these as an example? I really have no idea, I don't want to charge too much but i don't want to sell myself short. What is your advice regarding the band logo since obviously this will be used on absolutely everything as its their identity? So sorry to throw so many questions at you...thank you so much for your time.
I have since had a conversation regarding what they would actually like me to do for them and it involves...
- a band logo
- CD front cover/insert/back cover artwork and
- artwork for t-shirts
- using copies of the above on their website
Is there any advice you or anyone can give me regarding how I should charge for this work and work this into the contract without shooting myself in the foot! The added pressure is that the album is to be released in 3 weeks.
I would really appreciate any advice you can give me.
I'm about to start a one-off freelance job to design some CD artwork for a band. I want to find out whether there are any sample/template contracts I can use as reference...i want to make sure i cover everything. Also, how do i best protect my work? If, for example, later on the band decide they would like to use the artwork for merchandise (i want to retain the copyright for all my work) how do I follow this through? Also, any advice on costings for the CD artwork and any subsequent uses for it would be most gratefully received!
