Songwriting, when should you share credits?

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I think that this quandry could be solved by your answer to the following: Say you wrote 90% of a song but had it on the cd insert that the song was written by the entire band. Would you be bothered if this one song gets huge and all the bands success (fame and fortune) is based on it and you didn't get any more recognition or money than the rest of the band? If your answer is NO than give the entire band credit on every song. The song is going to maintain its strong personal connection with you no matter whose name is written in ink next to it.

On the other hand, don't look down on yourself or think you would be selfish if the answer to the question is yes.

You should really think which way you want to go with it. It doesn't matter if you are just writing music as a hobby or for business because you never know what the future holds.
 
I wouldn't call it a quandry really. It hasn't come to that. Like I said in my first post, if someone has made a contribution to the song then that is fine, of course. But many songs I have written alone, and that is where I've been pondering. In any case I feel like I have made my choice, namely to share all writing credits with the band :)
 
luther910":1zf6j0ho said:
I wouldn't call it a quandry really. It hasn't come to that. Like I said in my first post, if someone has made a contribution to the song then that is fine, of course. But many songs I have written alone, and that is where I've been pondering. In any case I feel like I have made my choice, namely to share all writing credits with the band :)
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Well done. It takes a big man to do that.
 
kasperjensen":9euy70a5 said:
luther910":9euy70a5 said:
I wouldn't call it a quandry really. It hasn't come to that. Like I said in my first post, if someone has made a contribution to the song then that is fine, of course. But many songs I have written alone, and that is where I've been pondering. In any case I feel like I have made my choice, namely to share all writing credits with the band :)
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Well done. It takes a big man to do that.
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Thank you Kasper. I've made the "announcement" to the band (sound pretentious i know), but it feels good. Done with that :)

Thanks everyone for all the advice, you really helped me making a good decision !
 
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