Neil Gillis, our VP of Advertising and Creative Services and lecturer at UCLA, shares his considerable knowledge of the music business with you.
Neil has contribued features to The Performing Songwriter magazine, and we've reprinted them here. They contain a wealth of information and advice on every aspect of music publishing, from mechanical rights to music performance.
Finally, in the U.S., you as a publisher/songwriter can either issue your license direct to the record company or you can go through a company which specializes in this area, which in most industry opinions, would be the Harry Fox Agency.
You Can Earn A Living As A Songwriter--Really!
by Neil Gillis