This month’s music supervision roundup from Emma Griffiths at Synchtank surveys the world of film, tv, advertising, gaming, business and more for the best and most interesting synch placements and news. ___________________________________ By Emma Griffiths of SynchTank Film and TV 10 Great Movie Music Moments by Michel Legrand (Variety) From…
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
5 Ways To Create The Greatest Impact Possible With Your Next Music Video
Music videos can be a massive asset when promoting new music, but only if you have an effective launch plan. Here we look at quick tips and essential features to incorporate into your release strategy to maximize your success. ___________________________ Guest post by Stephanie Kurse, Manager, Video Services at The…
Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings Acquires Atlas Music, Publisher For Brandi Carlile
Ithaca Holdings, the media holding company led by manager and music entrepreneur Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande) has acquired prominent music publisher Atlas Music. Founded in 2013 by Richard Stumpf, Atlas represents a significant music catalog that includes hits by Drake, Demi Lovato, Madonna, Ed Sheeran, and John Legend….
Why A Trademark Can Be Valuable To Your Music’s Brand
If you’ve gone to the trouble of cultivating a specific logo or brand for your music, there are a number of benefits to "making it official" by getting it trademarked. Besides just establishing a potential source of revenue, a trademark can provide you with certain legal protections down the road….
NMPA Warns Spotify May ‘Declare War’ On Songwriters Over 44% Royalty Rate Increase
The NMPA and its member music publishers are reminding songwriters and other publishers that Spotify and other digital music streamers thus far "won’t say" if they plan to appeal the 44% increase over five year in mechanical royalties to songwriters made official by the US Copyright Royalty Board this week….
How Does Imagine Dragons Create Memorable Melodies?
We’ve all gotten songs stuck in our heads, or found that, decades after hearing a piece of music, we are able to recall it with full clarity – but what are the qualities which cause some songs to have this staying power, while others simply fade into memory? In this…
Article 13 Moves Forward As France, Germany Sign On
Article 13 is moving forward to full adoption after France and Germany signed on to a revised version. The on again off again controversial EU copyright directive legislation is set up-end the Safe Harbor protections on which YouTube and other popular user-generated platforms were created. Google, YouTube and others have…
Copyright Royalty Board Ups Songwriter Royalties 44%, Coalition Bids To Oversea Mechanical Licensing
The US Copyright Royalty Board published the final rates and terms for mechanical royalties for songwriters to the Federal Register on Tuesday, making them official more than a year after they were first announced. The rates cover the period from 2018 to 2022 includes a significant increase in the overall…
Fair Pay, Fair Fight: For Musician Radio Royalties, Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
After the struggle of getting the Music Modernization Act passed and allegedly gave pre-1972 artists the royalties they finally deserved, a new merger between Sirius and Pandora by their hold-tightening parent company Liberty Media, has artists and advocates gearing up for an ongoing fight against tech companies and their lobbyists….
Musicians File Class Action Suit Against UMG And Sony To Reclaim Copyrights
Five musicians filed class action lawsuits against Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group earlier this week in an attempt to recapture ownership to the copyrights of their hit songs and recordings. The class actions filed in Manhattan federal court claim that U.S. copyright law ‘permits recording artists to terminate…