   Clarification
  I just wanted to take a moment to clear something up: I know that many of you have a bad idea of me because of the two threads I created discussing payment for artistic content. In both, I had hoped to be clear, concise and respectful to everyone involved. Several people have approached me stating “I know you need payment upfront from the threads you’ve posted”. This couldn’t be more incorrect. I do not require payment upfront- simply put:*I compose the music*give you drafts to okay or give feedback*once the music or SFX is a fit, it gets put in the game*payment occurs (either as a fee or royalties or both) however the contract is made up. I hope this seems fair and pretty standard. I've heard of other composers demanding all of the money up-front and then the dev crew ends up paying for something they do not feel like fit the game. I try to do better business than that. I’ve also added something to my contract: “If you want exclusive rights to music- then payment is required upon completion of the content. Otherwise, due credit and royalties are fine (but you will not have exclusive rights).”*Non-exclusive rights: For those that do not know- means the media rights stay with the creator and can be sold or given to more than one project.*Exclusive rights: Rights to media go to the game publisher or Development Company and can not be given to any other game or media. The reason behind this is music done for exclusive rights can never be sold again. This is the only time you can make any kind of profit off of this music (unless the game gets so big you release commercial soundtracks…and even then it might be a shared profit). Also, I’ve taken on quite a bit more free work and have enjoyed working with different crews and getting more experience on games. My main focus was to clear up any notion that I require payment upfront- which is incorrect. I only started those threads to get an open discussion about payment going. Best of luck on all or your projects!   
  I don't really see that there's much value in allowing replies to this, Nathan has made his point to you - if you'd like to discuss it with him further or hire him on for a project (he's well worth it) feel free to contact him via PM or the contact info on his website.   