What is music publishing? Music publishing is the exploitation of a song’s composition copyright. The composition of a song is the lyrics and melody as written by one or more … Continue reading
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The Acronyms That Protect Your Music Rights
If you’re digging into all the ways you can collect money from the use of your music, you might’ve noticed that the music industry seems to love acronyms and initialisms … Continue reading
Why Signing Up With ASCAP or BMI is Not Enough
Music publishing collection for your songs is more than signing up with ASCAP or BMI. If you make your own original music as an independent artist, songwriter, producer, composer, or … Continue reading
What is a Mechanical Royalty? A Guide for Musicians
How does a songwriter earn money? —— [Insert your own punchline here.] But the real answer is… music publishing! Publishing Royalties are a revenue source for songwriters If you’re a songwriter, … Continue reading
4 royalties you’re probably missing (even if you’re registered with ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC)
If you’ve affiliated yourself as a songwriter with a performing rights organization (such as ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC) and registered all your songs, you’ve taken an important first step in collecting the publishing … Continue reading
Everything you need to know about PROs (Performing Rights Organizations)
Ok, sure — if you’re going into entertainment or IP law, there’s plenty more to understand about PROs and the intricacies of music publishing. But for your average independent musician, understanding … Continue reading
How Music Publishing Works
Music publishing, songwriter royalties, and you Music publishing is one of the least understood — and most important — aspects of the whole music business. It’s how songwriters earn the … Continue reading
What is a Mechanical Royalty? Music Publishing Unlocked
What’s a mechanical royalty? There’re a number of different kinds of publishing royalties you can earn from the usage of your original music. One of the big sources of publishing … Continue reading
How Performing Rights Organizations Pay Royalties to Artists (and how to make sure you’re getting paid)
Understanding How Independent ArtistsCan Get The Most Out of Their Royalty Payments [HELPFULAW FOR THE INDIE ARTIST is a monthly advice column on legal matters pertaining to the music industry. If you have … Continue reading