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You have probably seen the promise that you will “Keep 100% of your royalties” when taking up a subscription-based distribution deal with...

Several countries around the world offer incentives to get movies and TV shows filmed and produced in their country. It’s usually some kind of tax relief but in many cases, it’s a cash rebate. The majority of these deals are only offered to large budget, high profile productions. One of the countries that have offered such a rebate is Iceland, they offer up to 25% cash rebate on the movies and TV productions made there. The movies Batman Begins, Prometheus and Star Trek: In

As March 29th, 2019 approaches, with no Brexit deal in sight, it’s still unclear what will actually happen if the UK leaves the EU as...

A well known UK distributor early last year starting dumping independent labels, sending some the following letter. “Dear “label name...

What Not To Do As the modern music industry is in constant change, with many of the platforms and resources we now rely on in their...

In part 1, I went over the basic principles of how Spotify works and addressed some of the talking points around the audio streaming...

Streaming accounts for 37% of all the revenue from recorded music and with over 220million subscribers and a market share of 36% Spotify...

One of the most important decisions you will have to make as a self-releasing artist and/or independent record label is which digital...

On the 11th October 2018, President Trump signed the Music Modernization Act (MMA), or the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music...

I first started selling music online, independently, around 2005. At that time there were almost none of the tools and resources...

And now on centre stage…TheMusicLicence You may have seen in the music press that PPL and PRS for Music have launched a joint venture, PPL PRS Ltd, to bring public performance licenses under one roof, but what does this mean for you, the composers and performers. Well, with regard to royalty payments, there will be no change. For those of you registered with PPL and/or PRS for Music you shall continue to receive your royalty payments as you always have. PPL will continue to r

0n June 29th, PPL made their main annual distribution of royalties to its members. More than £150million was paid out, a 12% increase on...

So you’ve finally finished mixing your latest project and you’re ready to release it, or are you? I’ve met a lot of people who spent...

One of the mandatory questions on the PPL rightsholder registration form is “label name”. Quite often people would get stuck on this...

When a song is written, and then recorded, there are two copyrights involved. The owners of these copyrights get control over the works...

A question I get asked a lot is how to “copyright” your songs, or generally protect them. The question isn’t as straightforward as it...

More often than not the information you find online about the music industry comes from the USA. The assumption is that America leads the...

You just found out you need to register your tracks with a CMO like PPL. They will give you an ISRC, and you also need an EAN but all you...

You just found out you need to register your tracks with a CMO like PPL… They will give you an ISRC, you also need an EAN but all you...

Over the course of 2017 a number of records were released with, let’s say, “mixed response”. Releases from acts such as Britain’s Got...