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Underwriting 101: Copyright Deals: The artist wants to own and control the copyright in the works
How Do Pro Artists Collect Money in Foreign Territories?: I have a question about pros in foreign territories collecting royalties from songs
How To Negotiate a Tour Contract With a Manager: You said if you find a lawyer, it's a 5%.Any other questions
Songwriter Royalties: Going back to publishing and copub deals, writer retains 50% ownership
The Secret to Management Agreements: Finding the right manager can totally sideline your career, right?
How Songwriting Deals Affect Your Copyright: Songwriting and how the song gets exploited is super important in music deals
How Long Does a Publisher Retain the Rights to Song?: Most songwriter deals these days are done as term versus recruitment based models
How To Write & Publish Music: There's admin deals, copub deals and full publishing deals
How to Get a Music Publishing Deal: Music publishing is a very disjointed complicated royalty landscape
How to Get Your Mechanical Royalties: Right then, like I said, streaming is also generating mechanical royalties
Sources of income for musicians?: Major sources of income, public performance royalties and mechanical royalties
Do Production Deals Hurt Artists' Career?: Many artists have had success through production deals, but they can also kill careers
Producing and Recording Agreements: Another key term of a recording agreement is they require your exclusive recording services
How Much Money Does a Label Get For Your Music?: Money advances and recording funds are why you sign record deals
Should an Indie Artist Sign With a Distributor?: There are some distributors that do better than others that actually, again, I'm biased
Does Sound Exchange Own the Right to Collect Royalty?: Is there a difference between owning the rights to a song and then owning the money
Distribution Platform Deals: Another thing to think about when you're doing a distribution deal is royalty payments
Recording and Distribution Deals: Independent distribution companies have become a big part of the music business
Why Do Record Distributors Work For Artists?: Why do you go to a distributor? Right? Because you don't do it yourself
Producer/Mixer Fees and Recoupability: Part of your fee may be treated as recording costs, right
Should I Pay My Lawyers or Not?: There are three different ways that lawyers get paid in the music business
Mixers' Reasonable Royalties: Mixers are usually also getting something up front and is that a fee
Songwriter Fees and Royalties: Songwriter fees and royalties are somewhat controversial topic in the music business
How Much Do I Get Paid For My Music?: Producers usually get paid on a royalty basis, unless there's unique circumstances
On Productivity and Burnout: In terms of managing productivity versus burnout, have you found a good number of songs per month
Core Agreement Types in the Music Business: One of the currencies in the music business is copyrights
The Role of Lawyers in the Music Business: The lawyer is an absolutely critical role in any artist's career
Does a Business Manager Make Sense for Artists?: Once your finances get more complicated, it becomes more important to have a business manager
The Business of the Music Industry: Today's topic is the legal aspects of the music business
Are You Should Work With Your Agent or Not?: The agent in the music business is only responsible for one thing
Currency in the Music Business: The currency in the music business really is intellectual property
The Team Behind the Artist: The artist team is the team that surrounds the creative in the music business
Meet the Olympians: Good morning, everyone. I'm excited to be here
Adam Melchar on Working With Emily Melchar: How did you come up working with Adam Melchar
This Week's Assignment: This week's assignment is to write a song about someone going through difficulties
Songwriters on Master Splits: Carolyn: We never talk about Master splits because we have finalized product
Mitigate the Even Split: Mitigate says songwriting splits are unfair to producers
Songwriters at the Grammys: This year, the Grammys have a Songwriter of the Year category
Penny and Benny at NYU: You said you had to quit NYU because you didn't learn much
How Do Artists Get Master Points?: Songwriters and artists fighting over who gets producer points is stupid
"Should We Play That Song?" by Rihanna: There was a situation where we were getting bullied over a song
Scrumming For Years: What did you learn in those first few years of grinding
The Grammys: Courtney Love: Grammy added a few parameters for songwriter awards
Rihonda On The Publishing Splits: What should the artist get when they didn't write the song
John Legend on Writing Sessions: You went to NYU for music education and mentorship. So tell us about how that experience was
New Rules: As a fellow songwriter, what are some things that you do outside of sessions
I Learned How To Love My Partner From Caroline: Let's talk about the relationship with Caroline Carolina
Fooled By Lens: One of my favorite songs by Lens is Fear Being Alone
"It\'s a Challenge To Write For An Artist": It can be tricky writing songs for an artist or for another artist
"Too Many Syllables" On Writing: How do you decipher when a song gets too conceptual or too heady
How To Lead a Writing Session: How involved should a producer be in the writing process
The Two-Songwriter: There's the two songwriter and then there's the personal songwriter
The Secret To Writing Songs: Cammy says writers should bring more honesty to sessions with artists
Leo On Working With Others: Leo struggles with collaborating with other people when writing songs
On Getting First Writing Contract: How did you get your start as a songwriter and how did you improve
How To Break Your Patterns: You mentioned that you stopped writing by yourself, and then at one point
Roland on Working With Artists: Do you find that it's easier to work with people who combine both worlds
Carol on Being an Artist: How much do you value your artist project compared to just like, writing for others
Writing With Artists: You write songs with writers, but sometimes you write by yourself
On Writing Songs With an Artist: With or without the artist, it's easier to create greatness
The Chord On Writing Songs: You've said that you like to start with the chorus
How do you know when a chorus is a chorus? And isn: How do you know when a chorus is a chorus? And isn't this just a verse
In the Elevator With Songwriters: There are so many writers out there who want to be you
What's Your TikTok Training?: Someone who can help people find an authenticity on TikTok is Sarah
Songwriters Get The Short End Of The Stick: Songwriters often disregarded or not included on the business side of music
How to Find Your Niche: Find your niche and then hone in on that
Should I DistroKid or TuneCore?: Another thing I'd love to learn more about is the independent distributor scene
What Kind of Mentor Should Artists Have?: You actually brought up something else that a few of us have discussed
Separation From Algorithmic Tilt: Most of the artists on Spotify's New Music Friday are major label artists
Post-Academy Music Basics: I think something that would be helpful to a lot of people is bringing in somebody
How to Make Money in Sync: Songs & Business: Songwriters are inclusive of artists. Let me ask you, who's artist in the room
Kiss on Artist Revenues: Zeppelin says streaming has leveled out the playing field for artists
TikTok: The Only Game in Town: The biggest advertisement platform is TikTok, because they have 1 billion users
Mental Well-Being 101: I'm always insecure about giving people feedback on their music
Singing Background: Zara Larson is singing background for rock Nation recording artist Harlow
David Stewart on His Songs: I was wondering because you mentioned George Michael for the Jonas Brother record
Opening for Big Artists: Youve opened for bigger artists since signing to Republic
Writing With a Parent: Youre writing songs now that your baby is in the womb
Getting Signed to a Record Deal: Youre not going to get a record deal till you dont need one
Guitar Lessons From The Class: Youve been around talented writers, producers and artists your whole life
Two Career Plans as Artist & Songwriter: Youve had two amazing careers as an artist and a songwriter
Control Over Tone Changes?: Youre responsible for all tone changes of everybodys instruments
Splice's Top Producer: Youre the number one producer on Splice
Writing for Mothers During Pregnancy: Youre eight months pregnant and still doing music
Writing and Publishing: Your song gets played on the radio and it generates $2. ASCAP collects that
Writing Prompt: The Childhood Bedroom: Youre asked to write about something from your childhood that means something
What Does a Publishing Company Do?: Your publishing company hopefully does a lot for you. What does a publishing company exactly do for you
How to Sit and Meditate: Your mind in meditation is never going to stop thinking, ever
Developing Young Talent: Your passion is finding and developing and nurturing young talent
Branding: Your visuals are a critical component of your brand when making music videos
Your Pros vs. Your Pros: BMI vs ASCAP: Your pros BMI CSAC ASCAP GMR
On Her Signing Contract: You were signed for seven years before streaming really started happening
It Takes A Village: Your sister is trying to be a filmmaker. She has made a bunch of films
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger: You wrote what would become Stronger, Stronger after a breakup
How To Make a Music Video With Natural Light: Youd have to redo the party. Just create something new. It doesnt have to be repeating anything
On his first US tour: Your goal with every tour is to have every show sold out
How to Balance Your Instagram Accounts: Your main content should be music promo, right? Lamp says
Crash By Rihanna: Your lensing was so great. Your performance was rock solid
Advance Payment: Your advance for your initial period is your bank account money
Jimmy Napes At The Oscars: You won the Oscar for best piano performance with Sam Shepard

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