I've received a collaboration offer from an interested user, what should i do now?

Firstly, you should establish legitimacy of the collaboration offer. Make sure the offer has come directly from the Songbay website and that the user is a registered Songbay member. You should then find out as much about the offer as possible. Ask lot's of questions about the proposal and specifically, why the user wishes to work with you. Ask to see examples of the user's works, projects, website links, other songs, lyrics, poems etc. Take your time and don't be rushed into anything. Do not agree to sign any deals which require you to give up ownership (copyright) of your work, unless you really do wish to negotiate a copyright sale.

If you are happy to proceed, you can explore some collaboration approaches.

Typical Songbay Artist collaboration arrangements

1. Option 1: A popular option is a straight royalty share of the finished song, typically a 50% split between you and the other party. You collaborate with the other artist and agree on joint ownership and to divide equally all royalties accruing from the newly created song.
2. Option 2: Choose to take a lower percentage ownership/royalty share but charge an additional hourly rate for your time. Here are some typical collaboration rates for songwriters at Songbay:

• £20-£60 per hour for freelance collaboration plus a 10-25% share of any royalties.
• £700-£5000 for writing and providing a lyric or song, without a royalty share.