Production & Song Services
Per-song pricing · Royalties confirmed in writing · Album & retainer rates available on request
25–50% songwriting royalties (publishing split)
- Collaborative or uncredited writing support
- Publishing split (25% or 50%) based on scope
- Credit handling agreed in writing before release
- Production, mixing, arrangement separate
No royalties — flat fee
- Song structure, transitions, energy arc
- Instrument entry/exit decisions
- Optional MIDI parts; may include live tracking
- Full tracking, songwriting, publishing
If tracking crosses into composition, discussed upfront.
+ 5% backend royalties
- Sound design, instrumental additions
- Structure editing, mix-ready build
- Creative input on sonic identity
- Mixing, mastering, full arrangement
No royalties — flat fee
- Full EQ, compression, FX, automation
- Up to 2 revisions
- Final stereo mix in preferred format
- Comping, mastering, production changes
+ 10% backend royalties
- Composition support if applicable
- Full arrangement & production
- Mixing with up to 2 revisions
- Mastering (always separate)
Writing royalties apply only if writing is contributed. Backend negotiable for larger projects.
Additional Services
Podcast Production
Complete podcast production — editing, mixing, and mastering — delivered in your preferred format.
Education
One-on-one instruction in production and mixing, taught entirely in Ableton Live. Available in person or via video chat.
"Music allows us to communicate emotion with a precision that no other language can emulate."
Daniel
Okonek
Daniel Okonek has spent his career building tools for that communication — through the stage, the studio, and the classroom — arriving at a practice rooted in intention, craft, and the quiet authority of someone who has listened very closely for a very long time.
Over 300 live performances have taken him from intimate rooms to festival stages at Northern Nights / Dirty Bird Campout — experiences that refined his ear for how music inhabits space and moves through bodies.
As co-founder of Well Made Plays — an artist management and events company — and co-host of Sound Squeeze, a creative retreat, Daniel works at the intersection of sound, artistry, and community.
His teaching carries the same precision: one-on-one instruction in Ableton Live, built around the belief that technical mastery and artistic vision should develop together.
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