The audio:
I went to a comedy club and recorded the entire evenings show. I got
a feed from the comedians stage mic and I also set up a pair of omnis
in the room to get the crowd and the ambient room sound. The comedian
loves the way it turned out. He said it is the best he has ever
heard.

The politics:
We originally went to make a DVD for the featured comic. There was a
two-man film crew (company#1) and me, the one man audio crew
(company#2). I was recording to make an audio CD for the comic and to
provide additional audio support for the DVD. Well, the DVD project
fell through because the video footage was pretty shoddy. Out of
focus, etc. There was never a contract between anybody and we all
quickly forgot about the DVD project that could have been. I am still
sitting on the audio footage for the entire evening (4opening acts and
one headliner act we travelled with). The headliner guy finally left
town and has a crack problem. Sad, because we could have made a very
nice audio CD. Time passed. Company#1 and company#2 distanced
themselves for personal reasons.

I just received a phone call from the video guy (company#1).
Apparently, one of the opening comdey acts has contacted him to make a
video sampler for promotional use. The video guy wants to "get a
copy" of the audio from me (company#2) to use in the sampler video.
Do I give it to him like a business fool? Do I lease it to him? How
much? Do I sell it to him? Do I tell him no and then contact the
comedian for an audio CD sampler instead? (that is not my personality)

Although I recorded a kick ass audio memoir of that evening, I am not
good with the business side of things...and I will probably offend him
if I dont just give him a copy...but I need to play it smart
businesswise, because this is now my only dayjob and I need to pay
rent!

thx for any advice. I have learned recording nuances from this NG for
the past 5 years, but I am a business moron. I now need to learn
about the business end and how to charge appropriately for my services
and contracts, etc. Is there a recommended book, site, resource?

thx,
frenchy