CRB sticks by initial ruling on mechanical royalty increase. In 2018, the Copyright Royalty Board made an important decision regarding songwriters and publishers in the digital age. Streaming services should … Continue reading
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Your Music Revenue Checklist (31 Sources Total)
There are more ways for musicians to earn money today than any other point in music history. From publishing and sync licensing to merch and NFTs, we’ve made a quick … Continue reading
Music Publishing Explained
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
How 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 … Continue reading
Publishing Rights: How Do They Get Split?
If you’re a songwriter, a composer, a lyricist, or anyone else who creates original music, and you’ve not signed a deal with a music publishing company — YOU own your … Continue reading
The Music Modernization Act aims to boost songwriter revenues from interactive streaming
CD Baby supports efforts to improve the way mechanical and performance royalties are calculated. The music industry is a completely different beast than it was when the copyright laws currently … Continue reading
CD 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 … Continue reading
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 … 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
CD Baby is building the world’s largest indie publishing catalog. Are you in?
A few years ago we launched a publishing administration service for independent songwriters called CD Baby Pro. Along the way we built one of the largest indie publishing houses out … Continue reading