Music Publishing

Recent Music Publishing Trends in the Music Industry

Within the last decade the way music industry functions has significantly changed. Be it for the
reason of growing accessibility of online resources or for the redefinition of priorities, but today the
former strict attachment of a musician to a third party is no longer that evident. The number of
alternatives to getting your music published keeps enhancing and the choice is being diversified.
Let's take a glance at the new aspect the music world has taken on.

Imagine a Situation
Suppose you are a purposeful and committed composer. r arranger. r both of the above
mentioned together. !ou have some good pieces of music in your repertoire but you have no idea
how to let them be known by the public at little or no cost. !ou need to find out how the ins and
outs of music publishing. The task is clear, so let's look at the options.
Traditional Methods of Music Publishing
Those who may still consider traditional music publishing a rather safer and more secure way of
promotion can stick to the standard scenario of cooperating with one of the renowned providers of
these services. These can be "erforming #ights Societies $ like %S&%", B'(, )*'%, +obalt ,to
name -ust a few. $ that would take charge solely of your performing rights and gather money from
certain types of public performance or reproducing of your music ,e.g. concert halls, T/, cable,
etc... r, you could contact 'usic "ublishers ,%lfred, 0al Leonard, Boosey. that would handle the
material side of your work1 printing and distributing of your sheet music. f course, most of these
companies will make sure your rights are secured, your music is distributed and your persona is
promoted, with the least effort needed on your side. There might be differences in music publishing
contracts but the idea is like that. 0owever, such organi2ed activity re3uires fundamental funding,
so don't be surprised when eventually you get -ust 456 commission off the sales at best.
Sometimes, the revenue might not reach you at all. 'oreover, they usually prefer to deal with
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