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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...