In recent decades the least interesting (i.e. boring) sector of the music industry, music publishing, is now being re-appraised with growing appreciation for its contribution to the music biz, and with increasing interest for the full scope of the publisher's activities. Smart publishers = smart copyright owners Recently, Music Publisher Associations around the world are reporting a surge in new companies with new entrants of all types, from the strongly financed players such as Imagem&nb...
The article below was contributed to our blog by Jonathan A. J. Lewis, a recent Berklee College of Music grad with a dual major in music production and engineering and music business management. Jonathan is also active as founder/owner at SauceEntertainment.com which specialises in music composing, production, publishing management and licensing services. Make a 360 Deal With Yourself Dave Kusek, entrepreneur and Vice President at Berklee College of Music has come up with a unique w...
This article features some excellent advice for music creators from professional music supervisor Wendy Levy about placing music in television, which can also be applied to film and other media. This expert testimony Question and Answer interview article was published on the Berklee College of Music site under the title: Advice from a pro about song placements in TV productions. A link to this article was also posted by ‘Strategy & Communications Consultant’ Eric Jensen for shar...
Featuring: George Howard from his "Music Publishing 101" video. Editorial and comments by Michael Borges. About George Howard Former president of the storied Rykodisc label and founder of Slow River Records, George Howard is an accomplished musician, producer, executive, and educator. He currently holds posts as Assistant Professor of Management at Loyola University, instructor and lecturer at Berklee College of Music’s Berklee Music program, and editor and frequent contributor to Artis...
If you plan to use anyone's music compositions or recordings, other than your own music or songs which are now in public domain, you'll need to clear music the right way before using them in any of your projects. This article describes how to get proper music clearance and licensing for the songs and tracks (cues, recordings, etc.) you wish to you use in your upcoming projects including: TV, radio, film, video, advertising and virtually any other kinds of commercial media usage. Most common wa...