Members scubyfan Posted May 30, 2002 Members Share Posted May 30, 2002 this seems like the best promotion a band can get! how do bands get their stuff in movies, commericials, education materials, tv programs??? any help appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EngineGuitarist Posted May 30, 2002 Members Share Posted May 30, 2002 sign with a publishing company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scubyfan Posted May 30, 2002 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2002 thanks, but how do i go about locating and signing with publishing companies? any more info will be appreciated thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted May 30, 2002 Members Share Posted May 30, 2002 Originally posted by scubyfan thanks, but how do i go about locating and signing with publishing companies?any more info will be appreciatedthanks! Think long and hard about it. You may get royalty rights but some publishing agreements read like a congressional bill. Do you really want to sell the rights to your music? It means that once you no longer own it, you can even be prohibited from performing it on any other medium, like radio, TV or recording. They can sell it to whomever to be used for whatever. It's a trade off, and there can be great benefits. Just know what it means to sign with a publishing company. BTW, most major label record companies want you to surrender your publishing to them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EngineGuitarist Posted May 31, 2002 Members Share Posted May 31, 2002 Originally posted by BlueStrat Think long and hard about it. You may get royalty rights but some publishing agreements read like a congressional bill. Do you really want to sell the rights to your music? It means that once you no longer own it, you can even be prohibited from performing it on any other medium, like radio, TV or recording. They can sell it to whomever to be used for whatever. It's a trade off, and there can be great benefits. Just know what it means to sign with a publishing company. BTW, most major label record companies want you to surrender your publishing to them as well. you won't get prohibited from performing it and you get 50% of royalties just like the publishing co gets 50%. yeah it sucks they get half but they have the contacts, keep track of royalties, and make sure no one steals your song. they can only sell it to whomever if you agree to let them do this in your contract. you should (if you will seriously play these live) license it to whatever company. you can get this put into your contract. as for major labels, of course they want your publishing rights, otherwise why would they sign you? but you don't have to give it to them. plenty of people do because they don't know any better and either they didn't get a lawyer or they didn't get an entertainment lawyer. and....publishing companies also help get you signed if you are good. if you can't really sing or play an instrument than they can sell or license your songs. publishing companies also sell and license songs to record companies by the way, for other artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassdude Posted June 1, 2002 Members Share Posted June 1, 2002 Probably need some credentials. Try getting some endorsement deals from equipment Manufacturers (instruments you use). Depending on where you are located, maybe join a musicians union. Get some connections in the music industry. Good luck on your endeavors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted June 2, 2002 Members Share Posted June 2, 2002 Originally posted by EngineGuitarist you won't get prohibited from performing it and you get 50% of royalties just like the publishing co gets 50%. yeah it sucks they get half but they have the contacts, keep track of royalties, and make sure no one steals your song. they can only sell it to whomever if you agree to let them do this in your contract. you should (if you will seriously play these live) license it to whatever company. you can get this put into your contract. as for major labels, of course they want your publishing rights, otherwise why would they sign you? but you don't have to give it to them. plenty of people do because they don't know any better and either they didn't get a lawyer or they didn't get an entertainment lawyer. and....publishing companies also help get you signed if you are good. if you can't really sing or play an instrument than they can sell or license your songs. publishing companies also sell and license songs to record companies by the way, for other artists. It depends on ther agreement you sign. Many guys sell all the rights to their music unaware. Record companies are notorious for this. They get all the publishing rights and can sell the stuff to whomever and for whatever they want, and the writer has no say in it. And while the writer can still perform the songs live, he often cannot record them with another label or on any recorded medium such as videotape or hard drive without permission from the publisher. This is why John Fogerty cannot perform on television or re-record any of his hit songs from the Creedence Clearwater days, because of ownership issues that are still pending legal outcomes. Similarly, Paul McCartney cannot stop Beatles songs he wrote from being used in commercials because Michael Jackson owns all the rights to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EngineGuitarist Posted June 2, 2002 Members Share Posted June 2, 2002 actually michael jackson owns half of the publishing. he bought the publishing company. in fact he out bid paul for it. i heard a story about this, actually before it happened, where Paul met MJ and he gave him some advice (this was in the late 70's when he was starting his solo career) he said these few words, "publishing is where the money is" . then what happens down the line? MJ buys the publishing company that had the Lennon/McCartney stuff and prevents paul from getting ALL his publishing. tricky eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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