Recording Costs definition

Recording Costs shall include, without limitation, all minimum union scale payments made to you, all payments made to any other individuals rendering services in connection with the production and recording of the Masters (including, without limitation, the individual producers and co-producers of the Masters), all other payments which are made pursuant to any applicable law or regulation or the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement between us and any union or guild (including, without limitation, payroll taxes and payments to union pension and welfare funds and/or health and retirement funds), all amounts paid or incurred for studio or hall rentals, tape, engineering, editing, mixing, remixing, instrument rentals and cartage, mastering, transportation and accommodations, immigration clearances, trademark and service xxxx searches and clearances, any so-called "per diems" for any individuals (including you) rendering services in connection with the recording of the Masters, together with all other amounts paid or incurred in connection with the production, recording and delivery to us of the Masters. Recording Costs shall be recoupable from royalties payable by us hereunder.
Recording Costs means all costs incurred with respect to the production of Masters embodying the Artist's performances, including audio visual recordings, and which are customarily recognized as Recording Costs in the phonograph record industry including but not limited to all expenses incurred in connection with the production of audio and/or visual masters and all payments and/or advances to Artist hereunder, as well as payments to all of the musicians (including without limitation, instrumentalists, leaders, arrangers, orchestrators, copyists and contractors) vocalists and producers, if any, rendering services in connection with any recordings hereunder, payments to union pension and welfare funds, costs of cartage and instruments hire, studio or hall rentals, editing costs, distribution fees, licensing fees, payroll taxes and other payments to third parties on Artist's behalf, tour support, liability and medical insurance and legal accounting fees payable to Artist's own legal counsel or accountant (if any such payments are actually made by Company) and customary artwork if done by other than in-house artists, all taxes, third parties fees, fees for replay or a sampling licenses, and other reasonable expenses incurred by Company for the purpose of production of the Masters and Records and all costs attributed to promotional costs, marketing and advertising costs expended in furtherance of the sale of Records produced from the Masters.
Recording Costs. Wages, fees, advances and payments of any nature (other than royalties) to or in respect of all musicians, vocalists, conductors, arrangers, orchestrators, engineers, producers, copyists, etc.; payments to a trustee or fund based on wages to the extent required by any agreement between Company and any labor organization or trustee; union session scale payable to Artist; all studio, tape, editing, mixing, re-mixing, mastering and engineering costs; authoring costs; all costs of travel by persons other than Company employees, per diems, rehearsal halls, non-studio facilities and equipment, dubdown, rental and transportation of instruments; all costs occasioned by the cancellation of any scheduled recording session; and all other costs and expenses incurred in the production, but not the manufacture, of Masters and Records hereunder, and any Demos hereunder, which are then customarily recognized as recording costs in the recording industry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Recording Costs for all remixes from any particular Album or single which are paid, incurred or reimbursed by Company after Delivery of the Masters constituting the Album concerned shall be, to the extent they are recoupable at all, be recoupable solely from royalties (other than mechanical copyright royalties) payable to you hereunder and shall not be recoupable from Advances. If Company furnishes any of its own facilities, materials, services or equipment for which Company has a standard rate, the amount of such standard rate or if there is no standard rate, the market value for the services or thing furnished shall be deemed Recording Costs. Payments to the AFM Special Payments Fund and the Music Performance Trust Fund based upon record sales (so-called "per-record royalties") shall not be recoupable from your royalties or reimbursable by you.

Examples of Recording Costs in a sentence

  • Item #4: Recording Costs: The applicant is responsible for all recording costs.

  • Item #3: Recording Costs: The applicant is responsible for all recording costs.

  • Item #2: Recording Costs: The applicant is responsible for all recording costs.

  • Additionally, we shall have the right, at our election, with or without cause, to refuse to permit you to fulfill your then-current Recording Commitment for any Contract Period including, without limitation, by discontinuing recording sessions for any Masters and ceasing the payment of Recording Costs for any Masters.

  • Any amounts paid by us in connection with any search or registration shall be deemed to be Recording Costs pursuant to subparagraph 5(b) above.


More Definitions of Recording Costs

Recording Costs as defined in the Furnishing Agreement for the particular Upstreamed Artist.
Recording Costs means all costs and charges generally recognised as recording costs in the record industry which are incurred in respect of the recording of Audio Material hereunder including all costs of recording, mixing and remixing, sequencing, dubbing, editing, digitising or format conversion (PROVIDED THAT Company shall only be entitled to recoup one set of format conversion costs per Record per format), DVD authoring (save in connection with the creation of DVD Videos where the applicable costs shall be deemed part of the applicable budget and recouped accordingly) and 5.1 remixing, the creation of enhanced formats (e.g. CD-Plus), mastering and re-mastering and any costs of cutting of lacquers and production masters Provided that fifty per cent (50%) per Track of mastering and cutting costs in respect of any Record released by Company in the USA shall be non-recoupable and non-deductible and shall not fall within this definition; and the advances, fees and expenses of producers, engineers, mixers and remixers, musicians, vocalists, arrangers, copyists and conductors; and all studio charges, porterage, instrument and equipment rentals and purchases; and all costs for arrangements, orchestrations and copying; and all union scale payments due to all persons who render performances or services in connection with recording sessions (and all taxes required to be paid thereon if not recovered by Company), and all fee-based amounts payable pursuant to any collective bargaining agreement between Company and any union representing persons who render performances or services in connection with recording sessions; and all travel and living expenses (if any) required for session participants and others (including Artist).
Recording Costs all costs representing direct expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the pre- production, production and post-production of Master Recordings made under this Agreement that are customarily considered “Recording Costs” in the record industry.
Recording Costs all payments to vocalists, musicians, arrangers, conductors, orchestrators, producers, and copyists in connection with the recording of the Master Recordings made hereunder, and all union scale payments required to be made to you in connection with your recording services hereunder, together with payroll taxes thereon, payments based on payroll to any labor organization or designee thereof, advances and/or fees to the producer of the Master Recordings (it being understood that no separate fee or advance shall be payable to you for any producing services in connection with the Master Recordings), the cost of cartage and rental of instruments for such recording sessions, studio costs, transportation costs, hotel and living expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and attendance of performers, the individual producers, musicians and other essential personnel at recording sessions, tape, editing and other similar costs in connection with the production of the final tape master and the lacquer master, and all other costs generally and customarily recognized as recording costs in the industry.
Recording Costs means and include all union scale payments (including "excess" scale payments) made to the Artist, all payments required to be made to any other individuals rendering services in connection with the recording of the Masters (including, but not limited to, the Producer), all other payments which are required to made by You or Company pursuant to any applicable law or regulation or the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement between You or Company and any
Recording Costs shall be defined as the term is defined in the Distribution Agreement. If the Demos or any part thereof are incorporated in the masters exploited by the Record Company pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, COMPANY shall be entitled to be reimbursed for those of the Demo Recording Costs which relate to the portions of the Demos so incorporated out of the recording budget made available by the Record Company for the recording of such masters.
Recording Costs means any and all costs and expenses, whatsoever or howsoever arising, paid or incurred in connection with the making of the Masters including, without limitation, all minimum union scale payments and other payments made to any individuals rendering services in connection with the recording of the Masters (including, without limitation, any advance, fee or other charge to any producer), all other payments which are made pursuant to any applicable law or regulation or the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement between the Company and any union or guild (including, without limitation, payroll taxes and payments to union pension and welfare funds), all amounts paid or incurred for studio and hall rentals, vocal and choreography training, and tape, engineering, editing, and instrument rentals and cartage, all mixing, re-mixing, mastering, and re-mastering costs, and all costs of travel and accommodations, immigration clearances, trademark and service xxxx searches and clearances, and living expenses (including, without limitation, so-called “per-diems” for any individuals rendering services in connection with recording of the Masters) and any and all other costs or expenses commonly recognized as recording costs in the music industry.