The Insider's Guide to Music Licensing

Brian Tarquin

• Publisher: Allworth
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781621533962
• eBook ISBN:
  9781621534075
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music

First-hand advice for musicians from Brian Tarquin, author, who has over twenty years of experience in licensing music to record labels, TV shows, feature films, radio promos, and network promos. This book takes you through how licensing really works: what type of royalties are expected, digital royalties from companies, receiving royalties from iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster through digital distributors like IODA/The Orchard, and how they pay. Also covered are mechanical royalties from broadcast radio licenses, how foreign royalties are collected, publishing administration deals, and a breakdown of sync and master licenses. Interviews with major industry players offer advice directly to musicians.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword-Ben McLane
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Music Licensing—The Basics
• Chapter 2 Music Production Libraries
• Chapter 3 Mechanicals, Sync, and Masters
• Chapter 4 PROs: What They Do
• Chapter 5 Music Supervisors and Editors
• Chapter 6 Liberation of Digital Distribution
• Chapter 7 Royalties, Copyrights and What To Expect
• Chapter 8 Selling Your Royalties
• Chapter 9 Music Composers—Unsung Heroes
• Chapter 10 Industry Insiders
• Appendix A—Music Library Guide
• Appendix B—Performance Rights Organizations
• Appendix C—Music Library Contract
• Appendix D—Modern Library Agreement
• Appendix E—Work for Hire Agreement
• Appendix F—Distribution Agreement
• Appendix G—Foreign Distribution Contract
• Appendix H—Exclusive Recording Agreement
• Appendix I—Assignment and Administration of Income Rights
• Index