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Music publishing leads to income streams learn how to manage your publishing and earn money. Mar 18, 2023

Music publishing is the act of owning, managing, exploiting, and protecting the rights of intellectual property in music, ensuring the songwriter and composer of a song gets paid for their music...

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Recording agreement or licensing agreement? Sep 06, 2021

Record labels require a lot of capital.  The label needs money to do the heavy lifting it takes to develop and break an artist.  This includes funding to produce and record music,...

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If you are an Indie artist or Producer find out how to make Soundcloud work for you. Apr 24, 2021

Soundcloud is now paying Artists directly

SoundCloud, has helped to kick-start the careers of many previously unknown artists. The open audio platform once started as a website for upcoming...

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Clubhouse app, great place to socially distance while networking during the pandemic!!! Mar 07, 2021

Clubhouse:

Clubhouse is an audio chat “houseparty” social media networking app.  You can tune in any hour of the day and listen, participate and join discussions with people of...

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Master Recordings - Where is the Money - Part III Jan 02, 2021

Who owns the master?

The master recording is owned by the Artist if they are independent.  If they are signed to a label, the label would be the owner of the master recording. ...

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How Do Songwriters collect their money from commercially released Music? (Part II) Dec 19, 2020

If you don't have a Publishing collection strategy you are leaving money on the table

If your music is being sold, streamed or performed globally, distribution alone doesn’t get you all the...

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How to Know if Signing a Recording Contract Is Right For You Dec 05, 2020

When it comes to major record deals, there are a lot of things to consider. That’s why it’s important to always get a second, or even third, set of eyes on anything that requires a...

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