[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? … Continue reading
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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 Pro Publishing hits 100,000, expanding around the globe
One of the largest music publishers in the world is on YOUR side. We’ve hit a major milestone! CD Baby’s publishing administration service — available in dozens of countries and … 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
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
CD Baby is building the world’s largest indie publishing catalog. Are you in?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLyUtHi1x2U 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 … Continue reading
All About Music Publishing Administration
What Is Publishing Administration? It’s the act of making sure compositions are collecting all of the royalties they are entitled to, plus accounting (and payment of those royalties) to the … Continue reading