Arranging - How much???

Greetings. :)

Today I've been hired from a studio as a part-timer to do some arrangements of pop Greek songs occasionally. It's the first time I do this job and I haven't yet discussed the financial part with my employer.

So, I wonder, how much would be a good fee? Should I charge per song? Per minute? Do I charge more, if the deadline is stiff? Are there any special issues I have to know/discuss beforehand???

I'm not sure, but there are some good books on amazon.com about this...

Mano, if it's a studio, I think that you should go for a per minute setting.

But the amount is difficult to know. One thing to know is to see how much the studio gets per hour. I mean if they get 20 euros per hour, it's hard to ask more than... 50-60 euros per song, I imagine...

Also, who will be paying? The studio, or the client? If it's the studio... ouch. If it's the client, you can hide behind the studio fees...

Things to discuss, I think is one: Copyright. If you take a pop song from Angela and turn it into an aria, then shouldn't you also get a cut in the pie of the copyright and royalties? Not that there are any chances of this happening, but under law, which ALSO applies in Greece, just noone gives a scraggy, any creative's work result IS copyrighted under the creator. The orchestrators in the movies, would hold some rights, but then again, I doubt they let them! :D I also doubt anyone will let you get your hands on the pie in general, so a fee in hands, before it gets releases would be strongly advisable!

Good luck and good call to get this job :) Well done!

Got it...we'll see how it goes. :)

An Angela song into an aria? O_o Now, that would be a challenge...