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With BOUT OUR BUSINESS MUSIC ’S Publishing Services our goal is to assist our clients with all facets of their music administration needs. Our expert staff provides music licensing, collections, reporting, royalty review, sample clearance and more. We work hard so our clients can do what they do best ...create great music... Some of our publishing services are:
Register all music with the U.S. Copyright office and performing rights societies (BMI, ASCAP, SESAC)., and handle all "ownership" matters for published songs.
* Seek placement of new projects written by our songwriters (lyrics or tracks) with suitable recording artists to record them, with the intent of creating a hit record and generating large numbers of sales and airplay.
* Seek placement of writers' songs in other media such as movie soundtracks and commercialsSupervising the collection and payment of publishing royalties for sales to their writers
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Music Publishing Resources
What Does a Music Publishing Company Do?
When a musician composes, performs and records music, they make money by distributing it commercially through stores and online retail locations. If they own full rights to the music, they can also resell it to third parties, such as film producers for soundtracks or advertising agencies for commercials. Even years after the musician's death, the musician's estate can still collect income from those individuals and organizations who listen to, use or distribute their music. This income is known as royalty income or residual payments.
But who ensures that artists are paid for their work? How do they do this?
What is a Music Publishing Company?
- A music publishing company is a firm that ensures that musicians are paid royalty payments for their work. They also promote the musicians' work to maximize the earnings potential of their music.
Music Publishing Companies and Musicians
- Musicians enter into a contract called a publishing contract, which allows the music publishing company to manage the use of the musicians' music. Think of it like a power of attorney agreement. The music publishing company is authorized to market and license the music as well as market the musician for non-album musical work, monitor how the music is used (and help initiate legal action against unauthorized users) and collect royalty payments on behalf of the musician.
Music Publishing Company Fees
- Music publishing companies generally offer their fees for a percentage of the royalties generated. Fees, which can be as high as 50 percent, are generally higher for unknown or unpopular artists then for popular artists. Because of this compensation structure, music publishing companies have a strong incentive to promote and license the musicians' music as much as possible.
Music Publishing Companies and Record Companies
- Music publishing company services typically do not extend to the music musicians record for albums produced and distributed by their record company. This copyright, known as "masters," is generally owned by the record label, which may manage the music as they see fit. In certain extraordinary cases, a musician may own their masters, but usually only after buying them back from the record company.
