Stop, Collaborate, and Talk Ownership
The Schmidt brothers, Dane and Jordan, are carrying a long Nashville tradition of dynamic brotherly duo's. Tim had a chance to sit down with Dane (Creative Director at Sony/ATV) and Jordan (Songwriter-Producer for Tree Vibez and Sony/ATV) to tap into their hustle mentality, but things get interesting when the topic of creation and ownership of tracks were discussed. 01:14- Dane and Jordan's background. 09:44- How do you (Jordan) approach a song? 11:20- How much time do you (Jordan) to build a track? 12:05- Do you (Jordan) use Dane to balance work? 12:58- How does the relationship work with workflow? 14:04- Creation and Ownership of tracks. 15:38- Jordan's opinion on track ownership and splits. 17:15- Contracts and the verbiage for splits. 19:41- Has there been recent conversations on dividing the splits between other figures in the creative process? 21:47- What advice do you have to develop your skill set?
