For my songwriting on Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Institutionalized’ from the album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly,’ I have earned less than $20,000. I have a 12% share of the song. The album went Platinum, won a Grammy, and was a worldwide phenomenon.He went on to reveal even more abysmal figures for his work with Anderson.Paak and Logic,
For my songwriting on Anderson .Paak’s ‘Heart Don’t Stand a Chance’ and ‘Your Prime’ from the album ‘Malibu,’ I have earned less than $5,000 total. I have a 16.66% share of each song. The album was certified Gold in Europe, nominated for a Grammy, and launched .Paak into stardom..… For my songwriting on Logic’s “Black Spiderman,” I have earned less than $2,000.Barsh earned significantly higher for Aloe Blacc’s ‘The Man’ only because it was a blockbuster on traditional AM and FM radio, was licensed for a number of TV shows, films and advertisements and was released at a time when “many people still purchased downloads” (2013).
For my songwriting on Aloe Blacc’s ‘The Man’ I have earned a little less than $200,000 over the course of the song’s 5 year existence. I have an 8.5% share of the song…
Imagine having the dream of being a doctor, and knowing that it’s a long and very difficult road, but if you actually make it there, you’ll be earning a comfortable living. You study hard in high school, get into a good college. Spend nights and weekends studying, forego most normal college social activities. By sheer hard work, and some luck (luck is ALWAYS one factor in success in music and in business, no matter what anyone tells you), you get into a top medical school. You work harder, get through school, do your residency, then you’re finally ready to work as a fully board-certified physician. Through more hard work and some luck, you get a position at one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country. But, when you go to sign the contract, you discover that the job which paid $400,000 a year when you started school now pays $60,000 a year.He had ended the original post on an optimistic note believing in the power of songwriting. The post went viral, therefore compelling Barsh to delete the post. He later justified the entire original post in a follow up post which screams ‘damage control’.
I have an incredible team of collaborators, publisher, management and legal. I’ve never gotten an unfair publishing split on a major record, and my representatives have gone to bat on my behalf every time, in some cases holding out for months until things were settled. I also have a very fair publishing deal, and a publisher that gets me a lot of sessions, and maintain great relationships with established producers and writers that treat me with the utmost respect.
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