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Songwriters Declare War On Their Own Publishers…

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March 27, 2015
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To the American Music Publishing Community, We are an international alliance of songwriter and composer organizations representing tens of thousands of music creators throughout the world, many of whom h... Read More...

Why Direct Licensing Deals Won’t Benefit Songwriters…

Steve Gordon
March 11, 2015
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Steve Gordon is a top music industry attorney.  In this open letter to Congress, he tries to explain why direct licensing with services like Pandora is actually detrimental to songwriters. Dear Senat... Read More...

A Famous Producer Asks Pandora, “Why Are You Paying Me So Little?”

Paul Resnikoff
March 9, 2015
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...at the Code/Media conference last week, during a Q&A with Pandora co-founder Tim Westergren. Rodney Jerkins: Hey Tim, Rodney Jerkins here.  I asked a similar question to Robert  from YouTube this ... Read More...
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Dear Spotify, Please Pay Us Fairly. Signed, 133 Swedish Songwriters…

Paul Resnikoff
February 17, 2015
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An open letter from a newly-formed collective of 133 Swedish songwriters, first published (in Swedish) in Stockholm-based magazine, Aftonbladet.   Over the past few months, the debate over streaming ... Read More...
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Neon Indian: “Sampling Music Is Like Making Collage Art”

Nina Ulloa
September 30, 2014
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From electronic musician Neon Indian's (aka Alan Palomo) recent TEDx Talk: "Auteurs in the Ether": ...There's a long line of appropriators like me: Negativland, De La Soul, J Dilla, Emergency Broadcast N... Read More...

Label Tells Band: “Stop Making Music. We Will Never Release You From Your Contract”

Ari Herstand
July 31, 2014
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Lead singer and guitarist, Jari Mäenpää, of the Finnish, prog-metal band Wintersun took to his band's Facebook Page, with over 300,000 Likes, to explain why they can't create their next album, why crowd fun... Read More...

Songwriters Are One Step Closer To Higher Royalties

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This past Tuesday at the intimate 90 seated Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Bob Corker (R-TN) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) announced the upcoming introduction of the Senate version of... Read More...

Dear Congress, Please Make Pandora Stop Screwing Us. Signed, Songwriters…

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Songwriters have a serious problem with Pandora. And that problem looks something like this: (photos: Digital Music News, from handout at a recent songwriter protest in Washington, DC) Songwriters un... Read More...
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Hans Zimmer Wants You! …to Enter a Remix Competition On SoundCloud

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Remix competitions on SoundCloud are typically for young rising EDM producers.  But this is a new twist... Hans Zimmer is holding a remix competition. The prize? A full-time job at Zimmer's Bleeding Fingers... Read More...
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Dear New CEO of Pandora: Will You Please Stop Screwing Our Songwriters? Signed, NMPA…

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September 12, 2013
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Fresh start?  Doubtful, but, the National Music Publishers' Association is being hopeful.  Here's a letter they just mailed to Brian McAndrews, the newly-hired CEO of Pandora.  (Somehow it landed in our inbox.)... Read More...
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We’re the Cultural Commons Collecting Society, an Alternative to GEMA, PRS, and SACEM…

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July 17, 2013
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European collection societies are often notorious bulldogs, but they also seem to bite everyone. Groups like PRS for Music in the UK and GEMA in Germany often impose strict exclusivity clauses over artists, whi... Read More...
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We’re CD Baby. And We Want to Fix the Songwriter Royalty Mess, Once and for All…

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Please file under: 'Solutions'. The following comes from CD Baby president Brian Felsen, who has an ambitious plan to help independent songwriters get paid on all their global activity. Whenever music is u... Read More...
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