OTR-jkl wrote on Fri, 23 July 2004 14:44 |
I understand and agree fully about not releasing Masters w/o full payment but my dilemma involves the ref (the Master is still sitting in my Outbox!!!). I need to figure out a way to deliver a good ref (one that the client can use to approve the work from) but still prevent them from using it in place of the Master.
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It's been a while since I had to do this, as I've tried to pre-qualify my clients, but I have been known to put an extra track at the end of the ref which is one of their original tracks unmastered. It can be a nice thing because they get to hear their original source and can compare it to the master. But it also makes an impediment to sending that ref directly off for mastering.
Other people have done nasty things like fading out the last cut before it is over so they can't use it. Or putting in a voiceover somewhere or whatever. Frankly, those things backfire and only make the client angry so I don't advise it. But my little trick of putting in the "before mastered" cut at the end of the ref is often appreciated. Sure, they can remove the track and then send it off to be mastered. But nothing is foolproof... Prequalify your clients and get deposits, payments, or P.Os.
Watermarking? Don't get me started.
BK