From: BootSlap http://bootslap.com Here goes more useful informations about the Music Business. This E-Mail is about Publicity & Promotions and i know it might look boring to you to read all these long articles but the more you will know, the less money you will loose so please read this article to the end. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=91625&view=post&blogid=7179 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0400 There are two general rights covered in a music copyright: the authorship of a song and the ownership of a song. According to Copyright Law, the writer is the natural owner of every song they write until ownership is assigned to someone else. Every song is made up of two equal parts; not the lyrics and the melody but the writer share and the publisher share. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=90223&view=post&blogid=7179 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0400 As a new songwriter, you may be overwhelmed by all there is to do when it comes to moving forward in your career. I'd compare the approach of this article to eating the elephant one tiny bite at a time. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=83613&view=post&blogid=7179 Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 In the old music industry, there were only three media outlets that could cause an artist to "break" nationally: MTV, magazines like Rolling Stone, and commercial radio. Today, of these three outlets, only commercial radio is left, and the major record labels, in collusion with the station owners, control it. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=83611&view=post&blogid=7179 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 This is really important because a lot of people don't know the difference between Royalties from Sales and Mechanical Royalties so i thought this might help you too. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=83607&view=post&blogid=7179 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 There have been six fundamental changes to the music industry that have revolutionized and transformed the business. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=83459&view=post&blogid=7179 Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 One of the interesting unintended consequences of the trend away from albums and back towards singles is that there is now less mechanical income being generated for writers. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=83445&view=post&blogid=7179 Tue, 8 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Before the record label consolidation, an artist would get signed, an album would get recorded, the release would get set up and distributed. The artist would tour as the label promoted the artist/album building up the fan base and credibility. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=83444&view=post&blogid=7179 Tue, 8 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0400 One of the most vital of these steps is the mix. It's not enough to have a great song; you need a great recording, and a strong mix is an essential part of that. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=83435&view=post&blogid=7179 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Distributors are responsible for selling, positioning and marketing a record label's or artist's music with any outlet where music fans buy music including traditional retailers, online download services, online subscription based services, ringtone providers and mobile downloads. http://bootslap.com/apps/articles/?articleid=83434&view=post&blogid=7179 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0400