Musician refuses to pay audio engineer’s full rate after six weeks of 12-hour workdays, says the “exposure” should count as half the agreed payment, so the engineer holds on to the masters :’I told him absolutely not. My rent is not paid in clout’ – FAIL Blog

Six weeks of work. Twelve-hour days. Vocals tuned, drums essentially rebuilt from scratch because the original session drummer left something to be desired. This is not a quick favor or a casual weekend project. This is months of a person’s professional life delivered at a professional standard, now being offered partial compensation on the grounds that the client is somewhat well-known locally.