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23rd Studio Lesson 4-9-18 Posted on 2018-05-01 by Bill Sloyer

During our 23rd lesson on Monday, 4/9, Larry and I talked about:

-In Superior Drummer, Larry sends the kick and snare to separate output so he can control each on a separate track, and even manipulate with Structure Free.

-In event operations, you can change duration of MIDI notes if they aren’t long enough, etc.  OPTN + P.

-Larry has used songs for their own effects by reversing, slowing down, etc.

THE BUSINESS:

-A&R (artists & repertoire) decides:  TALENT, PRODUCER, AND STUDIO.  Once all are working together, an A&R rep might show up once in a while to check in.

-Label usually controls licensing, but the artists will have a bigger say.

-“Producer Points” on a record = percentage of entire record.  Typical producer fee is 3-5 points.

-Engineers can get “mix points.”  This started in the last 5 years.

-It used to be that the money made in music was from selling sheet music.  The publisher would typically split with the songwriter, 50/50.  The publisher’s share can also be split up.  Sometimes a producer would get a percentage of publishing if they were involved with the writing.  It’s rare for a label to take all the publishing.  The writer always makes the most.

Not performing = still get a performance royalty.

- Publishing companies handle songwriters, and they also have their own internal songwriters.

-Larry says that after 3 years he personally releases publishing rights.

-ASCAP, BMI, AND SESAC all monitor radio plays and figure out your shares.  You have to have published work to join any of these.

-Side note:  Bars have to pay licensing fee if they hire a cover band!

-Anyone can re-record a song to get publishing rights!

-In Los Angeles, it’s common for labels to pitch to artists.

-In Nashville, a “song plugger” weeds out bad songs and collects songs for a publisher.

-A 360 deal includes everything (publishing, merch, etc)

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23rd Studio Lesson 4-9-18Posted by Bill Sloyer on 2018-05-01

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