Comments on: Music Publishing And Licensing 101 http://www.thebeatbusiness.com/deals/music-publishing-and-licensing-101/ Business Tips for Beatmakers - Sell Beats Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Calwile Vinestreet http://www.thebeatbusiness.com/deals/music-publishing-and-licensing-101/comment-page-1/#comment-239 John Calwile Vinestreet Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:22:48 +0000 http://www.thebeatbusiness.com/?p=214#comment-239 Leasing Beats in today’s Music Industry by John Calwile Vinestreet, Music Business Consultant, Vinestreet Music Consulting, Hollywood California. Hello producers, managers, and entertainers. I am very passionate about the music business because simply stated, music is my business. There are so many talented producers and artists out there today. Back in the early 80's and mid 90's when I was out there, we didn’t have an internet to do research about very industry specific issues and concerns. Today, you guys really need to get with it and take advantage of the abundance of free advice out there. There is absolutely no reason to get screwed on a publishing deal these days because of the amount of free information out there. If so, you had it coming and don’t blame no one but yourself. Look, the life of a copyrighted work/song is the life of the author plus 70 years after death. Before you set down, stand up, or lay down to write your beat to give away, you need to understand the financial impact of “giving it away”. Think of your beats as though they were houses. Is it more beneficial in the long run to lease or sell your house? Lease is the gift that keeps on giving. Why not lease your beat and collect the royalties for years and years to come? You sell or you make your precious beat a “Work For Hire” meaning you sign over all of the rights to your authored work to some one else, you’re screwed. Your employer (Artist/Manager) who commissioned and payed you to write a song, or simply sign it over as a Work-For-Hire situation doesn’t even have to give you name recognition as the author if he doesn’t want to. He payed to acquire all the rights to your song. In other words, they can lease, sell, assign, rent or what ever and there’s nothing you can do about it in the immediate future. They’re making earnings off of all of your hard work. Learn the business to profit from the business. Study publishing and copyright law. Find the niche and how it benefits you. If you don’t have the time, make the time because it’s worth the time. Trust me, ask entertainment attorneys who spend their precious hours representing uninformed clients. For more about John Calwile Vinestreet, check out www.vinestreetmusicconsulting.com. Leasing Beats in today’s Music Industry by John Calwile Vinestreet, Music Business Consultant, Vinestreet Music Consulting, Hollywood California.

Hello producers, managers, and entertainers. I am very passionate about the music business because simply stated, music is my business. There are so many talented producers and artists out there today. Back in the early 80′s and mid 90′s when I was out there, we didn’t have an internet to do research about very industry specific issues and concerns. Today, you guys really need to get with it and take advantage of the abundance of free advice out there. There is absolutely no reason to get screwed on a publishing deal these days because of the amount of free information out there. If so, you had it coming and don’t blame no one but yourself. Look, the life of a copyrighted work/song is the life of the author plus 70 years after death. Before you set down, stand up, or lay down to write your beat to give away, you need to understand the financial impact of “giving it away”. Think of your beats as though they were houses. Is it more beneficial in the long run to lease or sell your house? Lease is the gift that keeps on giving. Why not lease your beat and collect the royalties for years and years to come? You sell or you make your precious beat a “Work For Hire” meaning you sign over all of the rights to your authored work to some one else, you’re screwed. Your employer (Artist/Manager) who commissioned and payed you to write a song, or simply sign it over as a Work-For-Hire situation doesn’t even have to give you name recognition as the author if he doesn’t want to. He payed to acquire all the rights to your song. In other words, they can lease, sell, assign, rent or what ever and there’s nothing you can do about it in the immediate future. They’re making earnings off of all of your hard work. Learn the business to profit from the business. Study publishing and copyright law. Find the niche and how it benefits you. If you don’t have the time, make the time because it’s worth the time. Trust me, ask entertainment attorneys who spend their precious hours representing uninformed clients.

For more about John Calwile Vinestreet, check out http://www.vinestreetmusicconsulting.com.

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