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February 9, 2018

Recent Developments: Songwriters Strike Back

And the Crowd Goes Wild Celebrating Songwriters

Songwriters in the United States have had a good few weeks, given some recent developments in the music industry. Historically, creative work done by those in a so-called “supporting role,” such as producers and songwriters, has been undervalued. But the industry is now shifting towards a more equitable balance of power, payment, and visibility. Spotify […]

Filed Under: Music Streaming Services, Songwriters, SoundExchange, Spotify Tagged With: Copyright Royalty Board, NOI Lookup, songwriters, SoundExchange, Spotify, SWWorks

September 19, 2016

Paid In Full: How to Collect Royalty Payments

Below is the full text of an article that was broken up and initially published on Immersive ATL. You recorded an album and released it online. Now you just sit back and wait for the checks to roll in, right? If only it were that easy. Last year, a Berklee College of Music report found […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Exclusive Rights, Licensing, Public Performance Right, Sound Recording, SoundExchange, Uncategorized Tagged With: AdRev, artist revenue streams, ASCAP, Audiam, BMI, CDBaby, digital performance royalties, Harry Fox, IndMusic, Marmoset, mechanical license, music streaming, performance rights organization, Public performance royalties, SESAC, SiriusXM, SoundExchange, Soundstripe, Spotify, TuneCore, YouTube

July 7, 2016

Paid in Full 01: The Basics

I was recently asked to contribute a series of articles on artist revenue streams to Immersive Atlanta. What follows is the first installment of that series. And here is a link to the article as posted on the Immersive Atlanta site. PAID IN FULL is a new limited weekly series written by Atlanta entertainment lawyer […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Exclusive Rights, Music Streaming Services, Public Performance Right, Sound Recording, SoundExchange, Spotify Tagged With: artist revenue streams, Copyright, digital performance royalties, music streaming, public performance, Public performance royalties, revenue streams

April 26, 2016

How to Start a Record Label

I field a fair number of calls from people who, despite what they’ve read about the decline of the recorded music industry, want to know how to start a record label. As it turns out, starting a record label is not too complicated; the hard part is figuring out how to make it a financially […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Incorporation, Licensing, Record Labels, SoundExchange Tagged With: ASCAP, atlanta entertainment lawyer, BMI, Digital Distributor, digital performance royalties, EIN, Entertainment Law, Incorporation, LLC, performance royalty organization, Publishing Admin, record labels, S-Corp, SESAC, SoundExchange

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