The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing - 4th Edition, by Randall D. Wixen with a Foreword by Tom Petty
(Book). For more than 15 years, The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing has been the definitive guide to music publishing. Music publishing is one of the most complex parts of the music business, and yet it can be the most lucrative area of income for musicians. This book, written by expert and industry veteran Randall Wixen presents a clear, concise approach on how music publishing works today. It breaks down complex information in a readable and humorous manner that is detailed enough for professionals and approachable enough for budding songwriters. In this 4th edition, the most substantially revised edition since the first, Wixen delves deeper into streaming issues, the passage and effects of the Music Modernization Act, and recent Copyright Royalty Board rulings. Topics covered include everything from mechanical, performing, and synch rights to sub-publishing, foreign rights, copyright basics, types of publishing deals, advice on representation, and more. Get a view from the top, in plain English. "This 200-pager is what I consider to be the best book on publishing. Randall lays out some advice and opinions that you wouldn't normally find in a music business text. There are numerous other books on publishing that may be larger and so, you would think, contain more information. Nope. I've read them. This is the only one you'll need." Music Connection "Singer-Songwriter Sequestering Suggestions" by Larry Butler.
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The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing - 4th Edition, by Randall D. Wixen with a Foreword by Tom Petty
(Book). For more than 15 years, The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing has been the definitive guide to music publishing. Music publishing is one of the most complex parts of the music business, and yet it can be the most lucrative area of income for musicians. This book, written by expert and industry veteran Randall Wixen presents a clear, concise approach on how music publishing works today. It breaks down complex information in a readable and humorous manner that is detailed enough for professionals and approachable enough for budding songwriters. In this 4th edition, the most substantially revised edition since the first, Wixen delves deeper into streaming issues, the passage and effects of the Music Modernization Act, and recent Copyright Royalty Board rulings. Topics covered include everything from mechanical, performing, and synch rights to sub-publishing, foreign rights, copyright basics, types of publishing deals, advice on representation, and more. Get a view from the top, in plain English. "This 200-pager is what I consider to be the best book on publishing. Randall lays out some advice and opinions that you wouldn't normally find in a music business text. There are numerous other books on publishing that may be larger and so, you would think, contain more information. Nope. I've read them. This is the only one you'll need." Music Connection "Singer-Songwriter Sequestering Suggestions" by Larry Butler.
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The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing - 4th Edition, by Randall D. Wixen with a Foreword by Tom Petty

The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing - 4th Edition, by Randall D. Wixen with a Foreword by Tom Petty

The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing - 4th Edition, by Randall D. Wixen with a Foreword by Tom Petty

The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing - 4th Edition, by Randall D. Wixen with a Foreword by Tom Petty

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(Book). For more than 15 years, The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing has been the definitive guide to music publishing. Music publishing is one of the most complex parts of the music business, and yet it can be the most lucrative area of income for musicians. This book, written by expert and industry veteran Randall Wixen presents a clear, concise approach on how music publishing works today. It breaks down complex information in a readable and humorous manner that is detailed enough for professionals and approachable enough for budding songwriters. In this 4th edition, the most substantially revised edition since the first, Wixen delves deeper into streaming issues, the passage and effects of the Music Modernization Act, and recent Copyright Royalty Board rulings. Topics covered include everything from mechanical, performing, and synch rights to sub-publishing, foreign rights, copyright basics, types of publishing deals, advice on representation, and more. Get a view from the top, in plain English. "This 200-pager is what I consider to be the best book on publishing. Randall lays out some advice and opinions that you wouldn't normally find in a music business text. There are numerous other books on publishing that may be larger and so, you would think, contain more information. Nope. I've read them. This is the only one you'll need." Music Connection "Singer-Songwriter Sequestering Suggestions" by Larry Butler.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781540064165
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Publication date: 02/01/2020
Edition description: 4th Revised ed.
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Tom Petty (A Remembrance) xiv

Foreword xix

Overview 1

Copyright Basics 2

Two Types of Copyrights 4

Mechanical Royalties 5

Performance Royalties 7

Synchronization 8

Other Types of Income 11

Songwriters and Publishers 11

Digging Deeper 14

The Value of Music 15

"This Is a Low-Budget Production" 17

"It Will Be Good Exposure" 18

A Foreign Idea 20

Step This Way 21

Subjective Tense 21

Types of Publishing Deals 24

Ownership vs. Administration 24

Work for Hire 26

Songwriting 26

360 Deals 26

Administration 29

Otalizing 30

The Final Solution 33

Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 36

Song Plugging 37

No Deal At All 39

I Have It Here Someplace 39

Mechanical Licenses 40

Compulsory Licenses 41

Compulsory License Requirements 42

Mechanical Licenses in the Real World (for Physical and Digital Copies) 47

You're a Publisher Again 49

Reduced Rate Licensing 51

Harry Who? 54

Oh! Canada! 55

Those Other Foreigners 57

Who Gets the Money? 60

Performance Income 61

How the System Works 62

Direct Licenses 64

OK, So Where Does All the Money Go? 65

Getting In on the Action 65

I Still Haven't Been Paid 68

What's on TV? 69

Do They Monitor My Gym? 70

The Enforcer 71

My Performing Right Society Is Better Than Yours 71

Synchronizations 75

Film Factors 75

Half the World 79

Out-of-Context Uses 80

I Ain't Got No Money That I Can Depend On 81

There's Never Anything on TV 83

Video Licenses 84

The Changing World 84

It Was Here a Second Ago 85

That's BS! No, It's PBS 86

Those Foreigners Did What? 87

Least Favored Nations 89

What Does It All Mean Anyway? 90

Coming Back for More 92

A Few More Do's and Don'ts 93

Confirmation Letters 96

Streaming, the Music Modernization Act, and the CRB 97

Uh, I'd Still Like My Money 99

There's Something Happening Here: The Music Modernization Act 101

Here, There, and Everywhere 104

Other Compulsory and Statutory Uses 104

I Tube, We Tube, YouTube 105

Que Sera Sera, Whatever Will Stream Will Stream 108

Sundry Uses 109

Advertising 109

That Song Sounds Familiar 112

Video Games 114

Print 115

Ringtones 117

Karaoke 117

Foreign Translations 118

Samples 120

That's Not Fair-or Is It? 122

New Technologies 123

Subpublishing 125

A Good Subpublisher 127

Let's Make a Deal 128

An Experiment Gone Wrong 130

The Subpublisher Dinner Circuit 132

Co-Writing and Co-Publishing 133

Back to Reality 136

Don't Bogart That Joint (Work) 136

Let's Make More Paper 138

Controlled Composition Clauses 141

A Controlled What? 141

The Meter Is Running 142

Our Special Reducing Formula 143

Just in Case That Isn't Enough 144

Et Tu, Brute? 147

Wait, There's More! 147

Not Thinking That Far Ahead 148

Seen It All Before? Or Have You? 149

Can You Make It All Go Away? 149

More on Copyright 151

Hey PA, What's This Form? 151

Wait, I Changed My Mind 153

The Corporation Wrote Your Song 154

I Feel Renewed 155

Transfers and Other Forms 155

Can You Help Me, SR? 156

The Advantages of Being Dead 156

The Advantages of Being Foreign 157

Representation and Further Advice 159

You Get What You Pay For 159

My Lawyer Is a Sewer, er, Suer 161

A Boy Named Sue 162

Let Us Count This Day Our Daily Beans 163

Know What They Owe 164

Learn Me More 166

DIY 167

Protect the Song 168

Uncle Sam Wants You, and So Do ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC 168

Scumbag Record Companies 170

Fourth Base 171

Appendix: Can You do the Splits? 174

Glossary 185

Index 203

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