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 … Continue reading
Music Rights
Making the complicated details of music rights easier to understand for independent musicians. Make sense of important issues like copyright law and music royalties.
Sharing credits in an age without liner notes
Musicians: a lack of credit can hurt our collaborators’ livelihoods. Let’s make up for that. When it came time to record my first solo record — shortly after moving to … Continue reading
Songwriters! Make your voice heard to increase songwriter royalty rates
We just hit a huge milestone at CD Baby with 100,000 songwriters signed up for our CD Baby Pro Publishing administration service…in just 4 countries so far, with 18 more … Continue reading
The “Poor Man’s Copyright” for songwriters: separating truth from fiction
For years I have heard the phrase “Poor Man’s Copyright” thrown around in songwriting circles. The term is often brought up as a cheap alternative to an official $35 or $55 … Continue reading
Plagiarism or Inspiration?
In the age of digital music and with years of loving and learning about the ever evolving electronic music scene, we are now well accustomed to everything we hear not … Continue reading
CD Baby expands sync opportunities with Music Gateway partnership
New sync licensing opportunities for CD Baby Pro artists whose tracks are included in CD Baby’s pre-cleared catalog of over 2 million songs. CD Baby, the leader in independent music … Continue reading
SCOTUS to rule on CD Baby artist The Slants’ band name
The Supreme Court will hear indie artist’s trademark case on January 18th. It’s hard to come up with a good band name. Once you do, there’s even more challenges: Googling … Continue reading
Why Signing Up With ASCAP or BMI is Not Enough
NOTE: The CD Baby Pro Publishing service was discontinued as of August 8th, 2023. Any paid release which was signed up for CD Baby Pro Publishing prior to August 8th, … Continue reading
The 23 most popular Christmas songs you need a license to cover
During the holidays people have an almost insatiable appetite for the same repertoire of songs. That’s good news for you if you want to create your own Christmas cover songs. … Continue reading
Christmas Songs in the Public Domain (And Those That Aren’t)
Find out which Christmas songs are free to record and which require licenses Recording a holiday tune is one of the best ways to earn new fans during the biggest … Continue reading