How To Collect Music Royal

By Ismael "Elite" Obas

This book is an honest, easy-to-read book on royalties. It's written for musicians and artists to help them better understand the basic mechanisms of the record industry and how they can better their chances of letting music do what it should.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ismael "Elite" Obas
• Release date: Sep 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9798473946116

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HOW TO COLLECT MUSIC ROYALTIES

By

Ismael Elite Obas

Contents

INTRODUCTION

AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF MUSIC PUBLISHING

CHAPTER 1

How Do Royalties Work?

What Exactly are Royalties?

The Six Different Types Of Royalties

CHAPTER 2

Who Gets Paid When Royalty Is Dealt?

How Do Royalties Work?

CHAPTER 3

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Did you know that when your music is played on the radio, sold on CD, performed live, and streamed online, you can earn royalties (MONEY)? Most producers and artists are unaware of royalty collections, and as a result, they are missing out on additional income. Royalties are earned in addition to your usual up-front fees for selling beats, percentages of album sales, YouTube advertising-income, or whatever social media platform you're currently using to monetize your music. However, to collect royalties, you must first understand how they work. 

Music royalties are notoriously complicated: if you were expecting a simple a song got this many plays on Spotify, so the artist gets this much money scenario, you're in for a rude awakening. There are numerous players, some with partial ownership of copyrights and others who are simply middlemen collecting royalties and taking a cut. Consider this: if you are a singer/songwriter with music on Spotify, Spotify will pay out several types of royalties for each play, and there will most likely be a record label, publisher, distributor, and a collective management organization between you and Spotify. To make matters even more complicated, there are multiple layers of deals and calculations between all

Reviews for How To Collect Music Royal

[ChillinWit Ishy · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

this book helped me out so much with royalties thanks for the help