Yeah, I've seen it framed as a "tax" for the privilege of getting to write the performer's song.
― peace, man, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
On the other side of it, I heard an anecdote the other day about a producer who was working for a big name producer and had signed a terrible deal. Basically, if the non-famous producer did 100% of the production on a song for an artist, the big name producer got 15% of it. But if the big name producer changed anything at all (ie a hi-hat sound using the same midi), then the big name producer got 80%.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
Damn, that's ugly.
― peace, man, Thursday, 1 April 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link