· By The Vocal Market
TL;DR A split sheet is a one-page agreement that records who wrote what percentage of a song. Sign it the day the song is finished. It applies only to the composition (publishing), not the master recording. Typical producer split ranges from 20 to 50% depending on whether they wrote the melody and lyrics or just the beat. Every producer eventually makes a song with a writer, a vocalist, or another producer. The day that song blows up on Spotify, the question "who owns what percentage of the songwriting" becomes a legal problem, a friendship problem, and a money problem all...