Songwriting & Music Publishing

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

Bob Baker on 04/18/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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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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How To License Your Work To Music Libraries

By Composer and Filmmaker Jennifer Kes Remington. So in my quest to throw multiple things against the wall and hope that money comes out of it, I’ve been licensing a. Continue reading

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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 3.4.14: Island Def Jam Reorg, Sales Stats, Spotify Redesign

Island Def Jam Motown has reorganized into three standalone labels, Island, Def Jam, and Motown Records. Each label will be restructured with a new CEO and team to better fit. Continue reading

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ASCAP, BMI and SOCAN Song Registration Gets Easier With MusicMark Collaboration

Three major performing rights organizations (PROs), ASCAP, BMI and SOCAN, are working together to make it possible for music publishers to submit songs to all three at once through their. Continue reading

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Lessons from Macklemore

Dave Kusek | Lessons from Macklemore Larry Mills | Is Music Your Day Job or Your Nighttime Dream

Nia R Jones on 03/29/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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