Songwriting friends, have you ever considered self-publishing? 

“How To Thrive Unsigned” is a four-session (45 minutes each) 1-on-1 program created to educate songwriters with the knowledge and tools they need to represent themselves as their own publisher.  This course is solely focused on the Copyright of the Composition.  We learn how to represent ourselves as our own publisher, how to oversee the administration, licensing, exploitation and collection of royalties of the songs we write.  We focus on Mechanical Rights and Performance Rights.  Within the program, we cover two types of Mechanical Licenses, which license to use and how to issue when we receive a license request.  We educate ourselves on industry terms such as PROs, DSP, DPD, IPI, ISWC, ISRC, first use, compulsory, and understand why verbiage such as “nonexclusive”, and “embodying a single performance” are within our Mechanical Licenses.  We cover Performance Rights Organizations and walk through how to register our songs, and what to do if a correction is needed.  We discuss the Music Modernization Act which led to the formation of The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) and how to register our songs as publishers or self-administered songwriters within the MLC.  We dive into streaming, the different types, and the royalties they generate.  We explore organizational ideas for tracking our song catalog and song pitching. 

Course Cost: $247

Interested?

Sign up below.  No payment required at sign up.  An email will follow with payment and scheduling details (we will look for a schedule that works for both of us).  No set start date.  Corse is offered on an on-going basis, so you can begin when it is convenient for you to do so.  Let me know if you have any questions.