Songwriting

If Streaming Is the Future, Songwriters Are In Deep Trouble…

March 27, 2013

Two of the top three countries, when it comes to revenue from recorded music, have just reported the figures for last year. US revenue is down by 0.9% and Germany's is down by 3.2%, as none of the countries has... Read More...

Superstar Songwriters Now Planning Anti-Pandora Protest In Washington…

Paul Resnikoff

November 26, 2012

The following is a developing story. Please check back for ongoing updates. Pandora now has a serious and snowballing artist relations issue on its hands, one that threatens to dramatically affect the ... Read More...

Dear Pandora, You Totally Suck. Signed, Songwriters…

Paul Resnikoff

November 26, 2012

In the wake of a fairly aggressive lawsuit against ASCAP designed to lower songwriter royalties, the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) has now formally responded to Pandora. This official statement... Read More...

Fact: Pandora Doesn’t Pay Songwriters, They Pay PROs…

Steve Gordon

November 25, 2012

The following guest post comes from music industry attorney Steve Gordon, who argues that the debate over internet radio royalties is missing some critical facts. Although her hit song "Heaven Is a Place... Read More...

Pandora Is Now Suing ASCAP to Lower Songwriter Royalties…

Paul Resnikoff

November 6, 2012

And just like that, Pandora has effectively declared World War III on streaming royalty rates. The latest bloodshed is happening in the publishing theater, where Pandora has now opted to sue ASCAP to force lowe... Read More...

NMPA President: Grooveshark Is Stealing From Our Songwriters…

Paul Resnikoff

April 19, 2012

And just like that, Grooveshark has a serious problem with the entire music publishing community. And potentially, another big lawsuit on its hands. The sticking point is the mechanical license, which Groove... Read More...

John Mayer: Twitter Killed My Ability to Write a Song

Paul Resnikoff

July 13, 2011

There's a reason why some artists quit Twitter - or, never start an account at all. "I realized about a year ago that I couldn't have a complete thought anymore," John Mayer told a group of students at Berkl... Read More...

Is the Dedicated Songwriter Going Extinct?

Paul Resnikoff

April 27, 2011

Disruption invariably produces winners and losers, and stand-alone songwriters may just become the losers. That was the sentiment among several top composers at the Rethink Music Conference in Boston on Wedn... Read More...

Why We Write Music

Paul Resnikoff

August 2, 2010

"You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.... Read More...

The Secret Lives of Superstar Songwriters

Paul Resnikoff

April 23, 2010

What is the secret to writing great music? Well, why not ask the writers behind some of the biggest hits of recent memory? That was the idea at the ASCAP "I Create Music" Expo in Hollywood on Thursday, wher... Read More...

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The Easiest Way to Fix the Streaming Mechanical is to Get Rid of It

If Streaming Is the Future, Songwriters Are In Deep Trouble…

Superstar Songwriters Now Planning Anti-Pandora Protest In Washington…

Dear Pandora, You Totally Suck. Signed, Songwriters…

Fact: Pandora Doesn’t Pay Songwriters, They Pay PROs…

Pandora Is Now Suing ASCAP to Lower Songwriter Royalties…

NMPA President: Grooveshark Is Stealing From Our Songwriters…

John Mayer: Twitter Killed My Ability to Write a Song

Is the Dedicated Songwriter Going Extinct?

Why We Write Music

The Secret Lives of Superstar Songwriters