FAIR PAY FOR ALL MUSIC ON ALL PLATFORMS Support the Fair Play Fair Pay Act The Fair Play Fair Pay Act Establishes Free Market Pay For All Music Creators And Creates Fair, Technology-Neutral Rules For Music Services Ends Government Picking Winners and Losers: The radio market today is distorted...
Hey Creators!! In this edition of The Writer’s Block I share my thoughts on the recent Publisher and PRO rulings from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that has the industry mad! I’m kinda pissed too, but kinda not…watch the full vid to see why… and don’t...
Martin Bandier, Chairman and CEO of Music Publisher Sony/ATV is warning songwriters about the newest licensing proposal in Washington that is being considered. This letter was issued to the Nashville writers however if this change is made by the Department of Justice, it will affect all music...
This is a wake-up call for music creators to stand together! As you may have read, the US Court of Appeals ruled in ASCAP's appeal of the Pandora rate court decision, affirming Judge Cote’s original ruling on both partial withdrawals and the Pandora rate. “This ruling reaffirms...
You've seen me talk about the importance of the #songwritersequityact and now it appears that its finally getting some attention with this new report via NYTimes. On Wednesday, the Justice Department plans to announce that it will review the 73-year-old regulatory agreements that govern Ascap and...
A few weeks ago I published a video on supporting the Songwriter Equity Act and today, our fellow ASCAP songwriters headed to Congress to emphasize the serious challenges that confront today's music creators, and to offer some guidance on how to solve them. Here are 10...
Hello world! It's been a long time but I finally made it back to doing my songwriting worshop vlogs! This one is very near and dear to me because it has everything to do with how songwriters, producers, composers and publishers are being unfairly paid for...