Good morning, I would like to propose (as per the title) a collaboration with the aim, in addition to recording some short compositions, of proposing them to the Soundreef staff and verifying whether they intend to publish them or not.
Soundreef gladly accepts "classical" music.
These are fairly simple compositions (I played them myself a few years ago); the duration varies from 30/40 seconds to 7 minutes (in the latter case, it is a more complex composition that I still need to define, but it is almost finished).
It must also be said that Soundreef does not automatically publish every recording proposed to them; it is good that this is clear.
I will give you a practical example to help you understand how it works (based on a collaboration between myself and a cellist living in the United States):
the cellist sent me the audio file, I proceeded to register it on Soundreef; after one day, it was approved based on parameters relating to the type of piece, genre, and suitability for contexts such as shops, shopping malls, etc.; it is now in "active" status, which means that in a few days or weeks it should appear in their catalog under "classical music."
At that point, anyone wishing to use the recording would pay royalties to Soundreef (split between composition rights and master rights), royalties which would then be transferred to the PayPal account of the rightsholders.
Therefore, as I did with the cellist, I set 100% for myself (composition rights), while I reserved 100% for him for the master rights, since he performed the recording.
This is the same procedure I would implement in the event that someone becomes available to record.
I want to be 100% clear: besides the fact that I do not have a job or significant sums of money, for me, one would need to evaluate the difficulty of performance of each piece and its duration, and based on these parameters determine a cost for the recording.
Keep in mind that this cellist (unlike another who recorded poorly, with reading errors that I had to correct with audio editing software and whom I paid more than the first) charged 70 euros to study the piece, record it in .wav format at 48 khz/24 bit, sending me 3 different files: one .wav as described, one in dry .mp3 format, and another with added reverb; moreover, he recorded it after one day and I would say very well.
The best thing would be for a single person to record multiple pieces (but it would also be interesting to have different interpretations), perhaps by establishing a flat fee.
After all, I am not someone who disappears into thin air, and above all, I involve the performer so that they can benefit from the recording made.
I don't think anyone else would have contacted a person living on another continent, asking them first if they agreed with this choice of mine and then guaranteeing them 100% of the master rights.
In short, it's the usual stuff; it's not Bach (Soundreef does not accept covers, for now), but it is still a way to get compositions and performances circulating.
I thank Simone Renzi in advance, not because he is one of the two founding administrators of the site/forum where we write and discuss, but because he left me (even though he had recorded it himself) 100% of the royalties for a solo piano piece that I had published.
In addition to this, I hope things go better than in the past, a period when too many people came forward promising to do something, but literally disappearing from circulation; in short, a bit of seriousness is needed.