Music Publishing Book The Roadmap to Royalties by Ron Sobel, Dick Weissman

Music PublishingThe Roadmap to Royalties\nAuthor(s): Ron Sobel, Dick Weissman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415976206, 978-0415976206\nSynopsis\nMusic Publishing covers the basics of how a composition is copyrighted, published, and promoted. Publishing in the music business goes far beyond the physical sheet--it includes live performance and mechanical (recording) rights, and income streams from licensing deals of various kinds. A single song can generate over thirty different royalty streams, and a writer must know how these royalties are calculated and who controls the flow of the money.\n\nTaking a practical approach, the authors -- one a successful music publisher and attorney, the other a songwriter and music business professor -- explain in simple terms the basic concept of copyright law as it pertains to compositions. Throughout, they give practical examples from \""real world\"" situations that illuminat.