1. Questions regarding the tracks and other material supplied by you to TuneTribe
2. Questions regarding the length of the contract
3. Questions concerning publishing & samples
4. Questions about the deductions

Which tracks are given to TuneTribe?

The TuneTribe deal is for all of your recordings to date, and any new recordings made during the life of the contract.

What is the relevance of the schedule at the back of the contract?

It's just a list of some of the recordings we are supposed to be getting from you.

What about the other material?

That is completely up to you. As TuneTribe expands, you may be able to upload more than just audio tracks (for example, wallpapers) but there is no requirement for you to do so.

How long is the contract?

It lasts until 12 months after you upload your tracks, and then it is up to you - you can cancel by giving 1 months' notice after that.

But what if I don't want to cancel after the 12 months?

If you are happy to keep the tracks with TuneTribe, you don't need to do anything. It automatically continues until you give us 1 months' notice.

How soon after signing on must I get the recordings uploaded?

We ask you to do so "promptly" but there is no specific time period to do so. The sooner you get your tracks uploaded the sooner we can start selling them and the sooner your 12 months' contract period will start to run.

So - if I create a new track and upload that, does the contract extend for another 12 months?

No. The 12 months starts running from when you upload the first recordings.

The contract states that you can continue to hold the tracks as part of your database

Yes. However our agreement with you is that we will only sell or exploit tracks during the contract period. In practice we would only be copying over to the database tracking information such as name and sales data, but that data might, for technical reasons, be taken directly from the file that also has the audio track on it.

Can I upload cover recordings?

As long as an MCPS licence will be available for the entire recording, then yes.

What about my own works?

An MCPS licence still needs to be available, even if you have written the works. You will not be able to be paid your share of the MCPS deduction unless you do. The MCPS can be contacted through their website at www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk. If you create your own musical works, we recommend you become a member.

What about using samples?

You need to clear samples directly with the publisher of the musical work (the MCPS do not issue sample licences) and the owner of the sampled recording. If you do not have this in place you cannot upload the track onto the TuneTribe site.

What's all that stuff in the contract about free synch licences and free downloads?

A synch licence is issued by the owner of a recording or musical work for the 'privilege' of playing it with a video, so if we are showing your videos we need to make sure we don't have to pay a surcharge. Free downloads are only used in promotion of your material - such as the 30 second samples. We therefore need to ensure that not just the recording but also the publishing is free.

What are these deductions?

These are payments that have to be made every time a track is downloaded.

What do you mean by sales taxes?

We have to charge VAT to the customer and deduct it from what we send you.

What do you mean by per unit transaction costs?

These are costs such as the cost that is charged by the credit card company for processing the money.

What do you mean by money due to collection societies?

Currently this is just money due to the MCPS but unfortunately, because of the way in which the MCPS processes the data, we have to deduct it in all cases (see Publishing).

What do you mean by payments to third parties?

Currently we do need to make this deduction. However, as online music expands we must allow for legislation that entitles other people involved in the creation of music to be paid on exploitation. The most likely candidate will be non-featured artists (session musicians) who currently are paid on exploitation by radio, TV but not yet Internet.