Tag: Mechanical Royalties

• Ep. 80: How do Rihanna and other artists get paid for their concerts or recorded performances? With Songtrust’s Anna Bond

  

  Performing artists are often the ones with the big name and face recognition, like Rihanna; but if someone else wrote the songs they’re singing, they’re not earning publishing royalties from their own performances. So how do these artists get paid for their performances? We discuss performing artists’ various revenue streams, and how they are evolving…

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  concerts, income streams, Mechanical Royalties, Music Modernization Act, Music Publishing, musician, Performance Royalties, Performing artists, publishing royalties, record label, revenue, royalties, royalty collection, streaming

• Ep. 56: How do artists and songwriters get paid when I stream their song or hear it played in a store? With Songtrust’s Anna Bond

  

  Royalties refer to the income artists earn when people or businesses use their music, including streams, radio play, album sales, musical toys(!), and more. We discuss the two most common royalties, performance and mechanical, and how these are distributed to artists, song writers, band members, and other rights holders. Bonus: Learn who gets unclaimed royalties!

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  ASCAP, BMI, George Clinton, IMRO, Kewpie, Mechanical Royalties, Music Publishing, Performance Royalties, Performing Rights Organizations, PRO, royalties, Ruxpin, song splits, Spotify, unclaimed royalties, weird toys