The amount of music both created and consumed outside the traditional paths of royalty collection is astounding. For instance, while digital music services like Apple Music and Spotify have around 30 million licensed “official” tracks in their libraries, the number of tracks available to stream on YouTube is near a billion. That’s because most of YouTube’s music is what’s known as “derivative” content… think remixes, covers, and mashups of music originally created by others. While great for engagement, and to a degree… promotion, these derivative uses exist in a murky area as far as royal ..read more

On top of monetizing your songs through media like TV, advertising, and film, publishers are masters of making sure copyrights, song registration, and general admin are taken care of. Within that general admin comes making sure every detail of each artists’ submitted work is in tip-top shape. While you’re writing your next banger, it helps to keep everything in order as you go to make sure you don’t lose anything along the way. Among those key details, there are 5 main ones to make sure you have saved and ready to go. Let’s dive in… 5 Things You Need To Document For Every Song You Write Lyrics ..read more

In short, a music publisher handles the administration of musical compositions. They collect royalties and licensing fees, seek out sync deals for TV and film, register copyrights, negotiate licenses, and so much more. Nowadays, many artists act as their own publishers. In order to do it yourself, here’s what you need to do… How To Become A Music Publisher Step 1 // Affiliate yourself with ASCAP or BMI Even if you only plan on publishing for your own music, you’ll need to be affiliated with ASCAP or BMI. Start setting up your company by going to either www.ascap.com or www.bmi.com to obtain/fi ..read more

As you navigate the industry, there are 3 main publishing deals you may come across. Before you sign anything, let’s break down how these deals work so you can make the best decision for you. Here’s the rundown… Types of Publishing Deals and How They Work Traditional / Co-Publishing Agreements The most common publishing deals are either traditional or co-publishing agreements. With a traditional publishing deal, you’d forfeit 100% of your publishing rights in return for the services the publisher promises to provide. With a co-publishing agreement, artists like you typically give away 50% owne ..read more

With everything going on in the world right now and more time than ever on everyone’s hands, we decided to start hosting Live Q&A’s with members of the Symphonic team. This is an awesome opportunity for members of the Symphonic team to share their industry knowledge and professional experience with our community. For our next live Q&A, we will be streaming directly from our Facebook page with Symphonic’s VP of Business Development & GM, Nashville, Randall Foster. He will be covering details about taking care of the business you’ve neglected and should be addressing during this down ..read more

Part 3 of our Artist Development Series. The primary objective of this series is to illustrate the importance and functionality of the artist development team. It provides context and reliable information on how to leverage and optimize the benefits of working with a team of knowledgeable and experienced music industry professionals. This installment focuses on the role of the music publisher as a member of the artist development team. It also touches on the relationship between songwriters and music publishers. The publisher’s role depends on whether or not the artist or group writes the ..read more

We’re back with Episode 17 of the Music Industry 360 Podcast, and this time we sit down with Randall Foster, Vice President of Business Development & GM of Symphonic’s Nashville location. We discuss music publishing and how important it is for artists to be aware of so they arent leaving revenue on the table. Tune in and share!   .btnhover {background-color:#ffffff;color:#F54A1E;}.btnhover:hover {background-color: #F54A1E;color:#ffffff; transition: 1s;}.cell2 {width:400px;padding-left: -30px;text-align: left;padding-left: 20px;}.cell2a {color:#F4F4F4;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing ..read more

Are you getting the most revenue out of your music as possible? Even if you’re collecting general royalties on streams from Spotify, Apple Music and the like, chances are you are still missing out on making more money. But, how? Well, unless you have a publishing administration deal in place, you might be missing out on tons of potential revenue from streaming platforms and more. There are two ways to make additional cash from your music on top of general royalties. We break down all three options below. Here are three ways to earn money from royalties. General streaming royalties Streaming ro ..read more

On this episode of  Music Biz 101, we’re talking all about the world of music licensing! Learn all about sync licensing and how to manage your music’s licensing rights by pressing play below. The post Music Industry Biz 101: Managing Your Music’s Licensing Rights first appeared on Symphonic Blog. The post Music Industry Biz 101: Managing Your Music’s Licensing Rights appeared first on Symphonic Blog ..read more

On Episode 3 of the Music Industry 360 podcast, we’re diving into publishing administration. Tune in and share!   The post Music Industry 360 // Ep. 3: What is Publishing Administration? first appeared on Symphonic Blog. The post Music Industry 360 // Ep. 3: What is Publishing Administration? appeared first on Symphonic Blog ..read more