Must Watch: Björn Ulvaeus Emerges as a Leader for Songwriters (@CISACNews)
Björn Ulvaeus explains the current plight of songwriters in the streaming economy.
Category: songwriting
An Interview with Andrew Shaw of PRS for Music on Negotiating with Google, a guest post by Jonathan David Neal
[Editor Charlie sez: In honor of the new PRS-YouTube license in the UK, we’re reposting this harrowing first hand account of the first YouTube/PRS negotiation. For PRS members, there’s a good chance that this post has more information about your deal than you’ll ever get anywhere else because your rates are–you know–confidential and stuff. This […]
20 More Questions for Artists: Co-writing for Artist-Writers with Record Deals
This post is from the article “20 Questions for New Artists” by Chris Castle and Amy Mitchell some of which has been posted various places. The current version of the article is available on MTP with the permission of the authors. This weeks topic deals with co-writing for artists who are also songwriters. 20 More Questions […]
A casual example of how Google profits from lyric piracy and screws songwriters
I just happened to get a call from a songwriter about an illegal use of the lyrics from his songs. Thus we found http://www.lyrics007.com registered in–wait for it….China. Statshow estimates the monthly revenue is $41,000.00, 112,000,000 annual visitors and Google indexes over 600,000 pages. After a little poking I found that Lyrics007 has just about any song you […]
Alert from the National Music Publishers Association regarding sheet music and the Google Books Settlement
The Google Books settlement (which is currently being investigated by the Department of Justice, among other people) clearly includes sheet music. How you may ask? Thank your friendly librarians…and see Music Publishing and the Google Books Settlement and Why Music Publishers and their Licensees Should Care About the Google Books Settlement The National Music Publishers […]
