music publishers
Score licensing companies
Music publishers are companies that manage the business side of songwriting—acquiring copyrights, licensing songs for use in recordings, films, and advertisements, and collecting royalties on behalf of composers and lyricists.
They connect creators with opportunities: The music publisher pitched her song to several artists.
Publishing rights are separate from recording rights, so a song may have different publishers and record labels.
- Tin Pan AlleyMusic publishing district
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- publishing dealAgreement to print work
- pluggersPersistent workers or promoters
- licensing agreementsContracts granting usage rights
digital platforms · streaming services · royalties · radio airplay · talent scout · demo recordings · hit song · back catalog · BMI · advances · live performances · repertoire · splits · contract negotiation · mechanicals · masters · A&R · demos
- music rightscopyright, performance rights, publishing rights, broadcasting rights, broadcast rights
- music royaltiesroyalty payments, streaming royalties, performance rights, broadcast rights, streaming rights
- cultural venuesconcert halls, art gallery, opera houses, arts center, art museums
- Americana Musicspirituals, folk ballads, hymn books, Camptown Races, Beautiful Dreamer
music publishersrecord labels
Companies releasing recorded music
streaming platforms · record companies · record producers · performing artists · session musicians
music publisherssongwriters
Creators of musical compositions
composers · lyricists · recording artists · performing artists · musicians
music publishersfolk tradition
Community customs across generations