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Tag: music licensing
What Is a Personal Publishing Entity?
What’s the difference between a writer’s share and a publisher’s share, and why is it important to control your own publishing rights? Find out here.
Understanding Split Sheets and Lyric Sheets
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Covering and Sampling: The Basics
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What’s the Difference Between Mechanical and Performance Royalties?
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How to Get Your Music to the Top of the Pile When Submitting It for Licensing
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You Must Do These 5 Things Before Licensing Your Music
You often read blogs about music licensing that touch upon the importance of what to…
How to Start Getting Your Music Licensed – Industry Insiders Share Their Secrets
By Matt Blankenship, Jr. We’re living in the Spotify era of instant gratification where we…
STOP! Do You Know the Difference Between Getting Paid as an ‘Artist’ and a ‘Songwriter’?
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Advice for the Indie Artist: 4 Things We Learned at CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference
This past weekend, more than 1,000 musicians descended on the most haunted hotel in Chicago…