>>> heres something I've wondered about. when a dj makes a mix cd such as this >>> and features tracks that he/she made or owns the label they were released >>> on or both does that mean that he/she makes out three ways financially - >>> for doing the mix, for licensing the tracks from the label to the mix and >>> for creating the track that's licensed from the label to the mix? > > no.
Yes, if the mix CD is on someone else's label. For example, if Sony released a Jeff Mills mix CD they would pay him a fee to actually do the mix and to be associated with it; plus a licensing advance to Axis for any Axis tracks used; plus mechanical royalties for each of the tracks used, which would eventually reach his publishing company (Millsart BMI). But if he's releasing a mix CD on his own label, the situation is different - he'll be paying mechanical publishing royalties for all the tracks he's using (some of which will eventually come back to him, if he's using his own tracks); plus licensing advances to the labels of all the other tracks he's using...
