Songwriting & Music Publishing

Hollywood Back In Court: How Have Spinal Tap Creators Earned Only $81 In Merch Sales?

Hollywood has had a long tradition of avoiding paying royalties by claiming movies are "not profitable" as the result of an accounting loophole. This has resulted in a number of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/31/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Christopher Guest, Derek Smalls, Embassy Pictures, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, Spinal Tap (band), Techdirt, This Is Spinal Tap, Vivendi

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Music Publishing News Roundup 10.27.16: Songwriters Hall Of Fame • Grammys In My District • EMI vs. MP3tunes

The Songwriters Hall announced the list of nominees for the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame, including Max Martin, Madonna, and Jay Z. If inducted, Jay Z would become the first. Continue reading

Bob Baker on 10/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: America Ferrera, Babyface (musician), Bryan Adams, Gloria Estefan, Grammy Award, Jay-Z, Max Martin, Sly Stone, Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Copyright Office Shakeup Possible Preview To Fight Over Copyright Reform

The suspicious removal of the Maria Pallante from her position as head of the Copyright Office by freshly minted Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, could well be indicative of further. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/26/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Adolf Hitler, American Library Association, Business Insider, Carla Hayden, Chris Castle, Copyright registration, D.C., Google, Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress, Maria Pallante, Register of Copyrights, United States, United States Copyright Office, Washington

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This Fortnight In Music Supervision And Sync: Johnny Cash • Danny Elfman • Oasis • More

A run through of the latest and greatest in sync licensing and music supervision over the past fortnight, courtesy of Synchblog.

admin on 10/25/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 20th Century Fox, Adam, Alzheimer's disease, Associated Press, HBO, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Cash, Nine Inch Nails, Professor X, X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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10 Ways To Maximize Sales, Streams Of Your Latest Release

Releasing music requires a massive amount of work for any artist as they must ensure their music is promoted and marketed in such a way as to actually reach the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/24/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bad Romance, CD Baby, Do it yourself, Just Dance (song), Keynote, Lady Gaga, live, London, Mark Ronson, Uptown Funk

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A Friend To Musicians And Creators, U.S. Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante, Pushed Out

Much needed major copyright reform seemed on track until Friday when the U.S. Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante was suddenly pushed aside. Many in the music industry are expressing concern over. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/24/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Baltimore, Barack Obama, Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress, List of African-American firsts, Register of Copyrights, Twitter, United States, United States Copyright Office

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Music Publishing News Roundup 10.21.16: Google, Amazon Exploit Songwriter Loophole • Australasian Revenue • Core Rights + SOCAN

Australasian collection society APRA AMCOS reported record revenue of a third of a billion Australian dollars for the financial year 2015-2016.

Bob Baker on 10/21/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Music Award, American Society of Composers, Apple Inc., Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, Authors and Publishers, Chris Castle, Copyright registration, Google, Library of Congress, Society of Composers, songwriter, The New York Times, United States Copyright Office, United States Department of Justice, YouTube

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John Oates, Berklee Students Write and Record “Smoke And Mirrors,” Offer Song And Stems Free

This piece examines the creation of a new song recorded by multi-platinum songwriter John Hall and a crew of Berklee College of Music students, before later being released free to the public.

Guest Post on 10/20/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 501(c) organization, A Spectre Is Haunting Europe, Adelaide, Apple Inc., Berklee College of Music, Google, music industry, Spotify, United States, YouTube

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7 Things I Wish I’d Been Told About Releasing Music

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty but sometimes other people are helpful enough as to make mistakes for you. Here a once-awful music producer shares seven things he wishes he'd known about. Continue reading

admin on 10/20/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: copyright, Epic Records, Fordham University School of Law, Musical composition, record label, Record producer, recording studio, royalties, Sound recording and reproduction, YouTube

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ASCAP Sues 10 Music Venues For Not Being Licensed To Play Music

ASCAP has filed 10 separate legal actions against bars and restaurants nationwide, alleging the unauthorized public performance of its members’ copyrighted songs.

Bruce Houghton on 10/20/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (23)

Tags: Baltimore, Bossier City, FedExForum, Greensboro, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Mary J. Blige, New Orleans, New York City, North Carolina, Ro James, The Palace of Auburn Hills

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