Congratulations! You should get paid more often.
Hey! My name's Stephan Wells, and I'm a musician, mixing engineer, programmer, proofreader, gamer, aspiring game developer, audio moderator, and former host of the NGADM. Thanks to Youkos for the user image and profile icon!
Stephan Wells
@Step
Age 29, Male
Student
Utrecht University
Malta
Joined on 11/4/07
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Thanks, glad you think so :3.
I kind of find it hard to get paying gigs though. On Newgrounds, 99 out of 100 gigs only offer credit, rather than money. Still, I'm OK with that, especially when the gig is something that could get me a decent amount of exposure or it's something I'd really enjoy doing.
Congrats Step! Don't spend it all at/in one place. idk my english sorta sucks
Yeah I'm not even sure what to do with the money haha. I might just save it all and not spend it on anything.
"One time I was promised to be paid 200 dollars after I finish some music for a game, and when I finished it, the game developers disappeared and I never got the money."
In such cases you always should insist of some advanced money to be safe from such methods. If the client is reliable he will pay. If not you saved lots of time!
Yeah I was quite inexperienced at the time. It was the first time I ever signed up for a paying gig. I didn't care at all about setting up a contract or asking for some money in advance. However, the people who were developing the game made it very clear that they won't pay until AFTER the game as released, so in retrospect they probably wouldn't have even agreed to giving me a sum of money from the beginning.
I don't know if they didn't plan on paying all along or they just didn't like the music I made for them and ditched me or whatever, but nevertheless I did feel kinda cheated, especially after putting months of work into the music :(.
However, on a more funny note, the guy who employed me for the music asked me if he could add me to MSN. His MSN name was "Trickster". So yes, I was tricked by someone who actually called themselves "Trickster". I was such a moron haha.
Oh - should have read the whole entry first :D Congratulations to your success! I can imagine you to invest in new vsts? If so - which ones would you choose? I reccomend CCC2 - just so awesome!
I really don't know. CCC2 is so expensive, and I'm not sure if I should rush and spend all that money (and more) on it rather than keeping it saved up. Plus, I'm not sure if my PC can even take it. I've got a dual-core 2.7 GHz Pentium(R) processor and 4 GB of RAM. I dunno.
SHAME ON YOU!
Not getting paid for most of the songs you made...
SHAME!
You need to be rich and have money rain on you now!
Anyway, congrats! I bet if you haven't made that song for him, the game would be in last place. xP
Hahaha nah, it was a well-programmed game and had some really sweet concepts and level design. It would've gotten the prize whether my music was in it or not :3.
Still, I'm glad to have been a part of it!
That's right. Save it all and don't spend it on anything...ou pas.
CCC2
Trillian
Komplete 9
8dio
Cinesamples
TOO MANY TEMPTATIONS.
Awesome news man, congrats! For 50 hours of work I'd say it's well-deserved too. The currency NOK is Norwegian Kroner btw, dollars = not the universal currency...
Haha yeah I remember reading Norwegian dollars somewhere so that's why I referred to them as dollars. But you're right! Here in Malta we use euro in any case :P.
Thanks for the congratulations!
Wow Step congrats!
I personally made money for the first time ever earlier this week!
It was 1$, paid through bandcamp.
THIS IS A TOTALLY SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE, I AM SURE.
omg. Combine that with the ad revenue you get from Newgrounds and you'll be FILTHY RICH.
Congrats! Where might we find this award-winning soundtrack?
Thanks!
The tracks are right here on Newgrounds! They're Automation, Sky's the Limit and The Festival.
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/547038
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/546426
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/544290
You should've negotiated for 20%. Next time, call me beforehand.
You raise a valid point.
Shanath
I want monies too. :3
Step
Don't we all :3.