YOU are a music publisher; do you know what your rights are?
Music publishing breakdown
Music publishing is one of the most important — and least understood — aspects of the music industry.
If you’re a songwriter, lyricist, composer, or a member of a group that creates music collaboratively, YOU become the publisher of your music the minute it’s written. As such, you are granted certain exclusive rights regarding that musical composition.
Do you know what your publishing rights are? Do you know which publishing royalties you’re owed for the usage, performance, and duplication of that music? Do you know how to collect those publishing royalties?
Check out the articles below for details, or watch the brief video interview (above) with CD Baby’s Director of Publishing, Rob Filomena, for a good overview.
15 articles about music publishing, publishing royalties, and publishing administration
1. What is Music Publishing?
2. Five Ways to Make Money in Music Publishing
3. Who Owns Your Music Publishing Rights, and How Does the Money Get Split?
4. What is a Performing Rights Organization?
5. Professionalizing your music rights: an interview with Rob Filomena, CD Baby’s Director of Publishing
6. Music Publishing Royalties Explained: What is a Mechanical Royalty?
7. Music Publishing Royalties Explained: What is a Performance Royalty?
8. What is a Musical Copyright?
9. Why Signing Up for ASCAP or BMI is NOT Enough
10. When Should I Pursue a Publishing Deal, and What Should I Expect?
11. Are You Getting Paid Everything You’re Owed from Spotify?
12. How CD Baby Pro Collects Music Publishing Royalties from Spotify
13. How Artists Get Paid for Their Music
14. What is music publishing adminstration and why do I need it?
15. Why You Need CD Baby Pro as an Independent Songwriter
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Source: Musician Resources
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