Music Rights
Music Rights
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Music RightsIndie musicians, you have access to legal support!
How to get free legal advice as a musician. As someone who’s seen a lot of legal disputes between people in the music industry, it’s always a bummer when musicians give up and walk away...
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Music RightsHow Pandora Royalties Really Work: A Complete Guide [infographic]
How to collect all your royalties for Pandora plays. What kind of royalties are being generated when someone hears your music on Pandora, and how do you collect them? Since Pandora has both a non-interactive...
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Music RightsHow to collect your live concert royalties
Are you earning publishing money from the shows you’re already playing? Do you make original music? Do you play that music live? If so, you can earn publishing royalties from your gigs — but most...
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Music RightsA publishing split sheet for co-songwriters
Get it in writing and protect your publishing rights. You’ve just co-written a killer song. You’re psyched. But before you leave, before you celebrate, before you tweet about it, before you do anything else, sit...
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Music RightsPosting Cover Songs on YouTube: Music Video Licensing Explained
How to legally post a cover song video on YouTube. Cover song videos are hugely popular on YouTube, and making a cover song video is one of the most proven ways to get new listeners...
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Music NewsCD Baby Pro Publishing now available in Australia and New Zealand (plus Brazil updates)
At the start of 2017, CD Baby Pro Publishing — our publishing administration service for songwriters — was only available in four countries. Over the last six months we’ve rapidly expanded to serve clients in...
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Music RightsHow to be wildly successful at licensing your songs to TV, film, and ads
[This article was written by Cathy Heller, a singer/songwriter who has had great success licensing her music to hundreds of TV shows, commercials, and films. To learn more about making money from your music, check...
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BusinessCD Baby Pro Publishing now available for songwriters in more than 40 countries and territories
CD Baby Publishing now represents the single largest collection of songwriters in the world. We’re administering the publishing rights for hundreds of thousands of songs and representing more than 100,000 writers to make sure they’re...
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Music Rights7 myths about getting your songs in film and TV
[This article was written by songwriter Cathy Heller.] Did you know you can make six figures a year licensing your songs to TV, film, and ads as an indie artist? This is a real thing....
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Music Rights
CD Baby Pro Publishing now available in 22 more countries and territories
CD Baby Pro Publishing expands into 22 new countries & territories, with many more to follow in the coming months. CD Baby Publishing now represents the single largest collection of songwriters in the world. We...