Members kingsaw Posted April 5, 2004 Members Share Posted April 5, 2004 Anyone know anything at all about publishing? How hard and worthwhile would it be to start a publishing company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kid Klash Posted April 6, 2004 Members Share Posted April 6, 2004 It's not too hard, and it's definately worthwhile to become a publisher if you're a writer/composer/artist... go to www.ascap.com and learn all about it - you'll be glad you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members winnersblues Posted April 6, 2004 Members Share Posted April 6, 2004 i'm looking over the application--I have a demo, but it says that 'commercial' recording. This is just a demo that i've been distributing to people to hype my band. I haven't sold any--I just want to keep other people from banking off these songs. Can I still join? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kid Klash Posted April 6, 2004 Members Share Posted April 6, 2004 Originally posted by winnersblues i'm looking over the application--I have a demo, but it says that 'commercial' recording. This is just a demo that i've been distributing to people to hype my band. I haven't sold any--I just want to keep other people from banking off these songs. Can I still join? Sell just one copy, and it's a commercial recording. IMO, I'd go ahead and fill out the application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members murphmusik Posted April 6, 2004 Members Share Posted April 6, 2004 ...any songs from that demo been played on any radio stations? ...got a CD that will be sold in stores any time soon? Those things can qualify you as well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kingsaw Posted April 14, 2004 Author Members Share Posted April 14, 2004 What about being a ghost writer? Would it make since for a good songwriter to start their own publishing company in order to exploit songs to labels? Or what about submitting songs directly to different publishing companies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrjones Posted April 15, 2004 Members Share Posted April 15, 2004 A Publishing Company serves 2 purposes... collecting the monies payable to the songwriter for airplay royalties, and helping the songwriter exploit their catalog, by placing the recording in Movies and TV, and by getting other artists to cover the songwriters' songs... Someone with no songs getting airplay, and no contacts in the music business is not going to have much sucess at making money as a publisher... If you're a songwriter, and are having good success getting airplay, and people are coming to you asking to record your music, owning your own publishing company can be a good idea... but it's often easier to get an administrative publishing deal than to do all that work yourself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 145 Posted April 15, 2004 Members Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by gtrjones A Publishing Company serves 2 purposes... collecting the monies payable to the songwriter for airplay royalties, and helping the songwriter exploit their catalog, by placing the recording in Movies and TV, and by getting other artists to cover the songwriters' songs...Someone with no songs getting airplay, and no contacts in the music business is not going to have much sucess at making money as a publisher...If you're a songwriter, and are having good success getting airplay, and people are coming to you asking to record your music, owning your own publishing company can be a good idea... but it's often easier to get an administrative publishing deal than to do all that work yourself... Yes, that is the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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