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My Step-By-Step ASCAP Publishing Guide
How do I publish a song as an ASCAP artist? As an ASCAP artist, publishing a song involves a few key steps: Remember, while ASCAP collects performance royalties, they do not handle mechanical royalties (those generated from sales, streaming, etc.). For that, you’ll need a mechanical rights organization or a service like Songtrust. Lastly, it’s…
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An Introduction to the Basics of Copyrighting Your Songs
How to Copyright a Song Are you looking to protect your original music? Whether you’re a novice or seasoned songwriter, it is important to understand copyright law and how it applies to your musical works. Copyrighting your songs can help ensure that you control the use of your work and receive the credit and compensation…
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Advice For a New Songwriter
The advice you get on social media is often common knowledge wisdom. It’s the kind of things that are filtered down through the years and stick as worthwhile nuggets. When a new person joins the fray of an online group carrying years of collected experience, and stumbles in with a question about how to get…
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An Introduction to Music Publishing
Let’s be honest- if most musicians had their way, they would never have to think about music publishing. File it under “not the reason they became a musician” along with marketing and self-promotion. But these days, a successful musician has to wear a lot of different hats. Or at least, be more familiar with the…
Songwriting Daily is by Briyan Frederick Baker (GAJOOB, Tapegerm Collective). I write about songwriting as a craft and a passion. I explore the business of it and living as a songwriter today. l primarily blog for those new to songwriting or for those rediscovering it after a lifetime away from it (like me, sort of).
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