Songwriting & Music Publishing

Do Pandora and Sirius Want To Snuff Out “This Little Light Of Mine”?

From David Lowery on The Trichordist. The Freedom Singers were a landmark Civil Rights church singing group from Albany, Georgia. They toured the country 1962-63 performing at hundreds of civil rights. Continue reading

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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup May 2, 2014: Spotify + Sprint, Imagen, Music Advocacy & More

Spotify has partnered with Sprint in an effort to further promote the streaming service and increase users in the United States. With this deal in place, Sprint customers will now. Continue reading

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Jumpstart Your Music Career With Sync Licensing

By Neil Gillis, President of Round Hill Music, from the Sonicbids blog. When I first started in the music business (yes, the stone age), getting “cuts” of your songs by artists. Continue reading

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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 4.25.14: ASCAP Pop Awards, “I Create Music” Expo, Record Store Day & More

The 31st annual ASCAP Pop Awards were held Wednesday, April 23rd at The Loews Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. This event honored the songwriters and publishers behind this year’s most. Continue reading

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Dr. Luke, Jermaine Dupri, Amy Grant and Gustavo Santaolalla at 9th Annual ASCAP EXPO

By Diana Hereld of Pathways in Music. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO will take place starting this Thursday April 24th thru. Continue reading

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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup April 18, 2014: Imagine Dragons, Prince, Round Hill & More

Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons will receive the David Starlight Award at this year’s Annual Induction and Awards Dinner for the Songwriters Hall of fame. His Grammy-winning band released their. Continue reading

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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 4.11.14 – UK Stats, Dianne Warren, Kurt Cobain & More

(UPDATED) PRS For Music has released its overall numbers for 2013. The U.K. Performing Rights Organization increased their annual revenue by collecting £596 million in 2013 to distribute to its collective. Continue reading

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Bette Midler: 4.1 Million Pandora Streams = $114, “Impossible for songwriters to earn a living”

Bette Midler has joined the slowly growing chorus of musicians and songwriters concerned about payments from streaming music services. ".@Spotify and @Pandora have made it impossible for songwriters to earn. Continue reading

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Prince Drops Universal, Forms Own NPG Music Publishing

Prince has pulled his music publishing from Universal and is moving it in house to the newly created NPG Music Publishing. Throughout his career Prince has preferred keeping control of. Continue reading

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