dont wanna give up a copy.what to do

Is is highly unusual to tell someone referencing a song for u that u dont wanna cough up a copy to them.. Theres no way to protect music right after u make it..What do u do until u can protect it when asked

Depends on who you're dealin with.Most of the people i give beats to i trust and know them personally.I've done a few tracks in the past and burnt them straight to disk for people but we were all cool.

We'll in my case i just needed someone to reference the song i wrote. Sing it and thats that..If they were an artist i plan to work with then that would be different. I guess paying them as a work for hire type situation would be the only fair way of saying hey im paying u, but the finish product stays here

Oh o.k.,i misunderstood.I thought you were sayin' you were contemplating giving them the track.Well you got it rght then........Give 'em a little doe and 2 fingers.(And i mean the peace sign,not both middle ones. )

low bit rate or low sample rate.
lower the volume, thus bringing up the noise floor
mp3 coversion.

there are many ways to degrade the quality to make sure it is listenable but not distributable

my .02

GOOD IDEA!

Get them to sign something, lots of small contracts available on line, cant find the link but do a search.

Also how about doing the old poor mans copyright and post it to yourself with a song sheet with when made, writer, producer etc

Trust me I been burnt and could have stopped it with a little piece of paper

Yeah but spyt the poor man's copywrite doesn't hold water in court anymore.Probably would've worked about 10 years ago but in our digital,highly advanced age you can't win a case with just that.

paper is just insurance when you get to court. it wont stop someone from selling your work as theirs.

stick with the low quality copies it eliminates the problem before it starts

True very true, but if your that untrusting of the person is there anypoint in giving the person the music in the first place? Again whats then stopping the person from getting the music redone by another producer?

Regarding the paper still better to have something than nothing. Song sheets with a copy of the track still the best if you ask me!