Last weekend, singer Phil Collins received the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame gala. The singer, who has sold over 100 million records as a solo artist and with the band Genesis, said writing a popular track is "a complete accident". This year’s inducted songwriters included Leonard Cohen, Jackie DeShannon, David [...]
Posts under ‘Publishing’
Ray Charles’ copyrights a lucrative business
A very interesting article from Reuters about Ray Charles’ effect as a performer on both the songs he interpreted (helping out those songwriters’ catalogues) and his own publishing catalogue that he owned or that he wrote while under Warner/Chappell Music. Ahead of the 80th anniversary of Ray Charles’ birth on September 23, 2010, the Ray [...]
Songpitch.ca To Launch Soon
The Songwriters Association of Canada and Astral Media Inc. recently announced the launch of a brand new Web portal for songwriters and composers across Canada. The portal will revolutionize the music industry. It enables songwriters across the country to share their compositions, receive advice from industry professionals and offer their creations for sale to music [...]
Copyfight in Canada
Precedent, a magazine about the “new rules of law and style” for lawyers in Canada, had an article entitled “Copyfight” in its latest issue. There was a bill (C-61) that fell by the wayside because of the last federal election being called. Various lawyers discuss the merits (or lack thereof) of C-61 which was assailed [...]
New Songwriting Promotion – Songs of Salamon
Daria Salamon’s debut novel, The Prairie Bridesmaid, comes with its own soundtrack! What a wonderful idea… Nathalie Atkinson of the National Post wrote yesterday in article entitled Songs of Salamon (cheeky title that) about the groundbreaking development put forth by the first-time author and her mid-size Canadian independent publishing company Key Porter. It also helps [...]
What It Means To Be Published – Andrea Stolpe
From one Italian-American female songwriter (see today’s other post on Ms. DioGuardi) to another… Andrea Stolpe writes on the topic of Publishing Your Own Songs in a recent post. Andrea rightly defines “published” as really meaning having our songs recorded by an artist and in the public eye… as she relates: “Being ‘published’ may seem [...]
Seneca Imdependent Musician Program (IMP)
I think that this is a fantastic new program, but you decide for yourself… If you live in the GTA, you’ll be able to take a full-time two-semester Independent Musician Program at Seneca College geared toward establishing yourself in the Indie music scene. Maybe I’ll take a sabbatical from my daytime gig to do something [...]
Criticism of SAC’s Music File Sharing Compensation Proposal
Saw this article in today’s National Post that criticizes SAC’s recent proposal for compensation for music sharing monetization, deemed by the author to mean a “song tax”: Monday, February 25, 2008 Debunking the song tax National Post Published: Monday, February 25, 2008 You probably read about the proposal put forward last week by the Songwriters [...]
Don’t give up the Ghost: Singer-songwriter Amanda finally takes the spotlight
By STUART HUSBAND – More by this author » Last updated at 16:36pm on 16th February 2008 Comments She turned James Blunt’s ‘You’re Beautiful’ into a mega-seller and has written hits for the likes of Beyoncé and Whitney Houston. But success as a singer has always been elusive for Amanda Ghost. She tells Stuart Husband [...]
The Secrets of Songwriters – Review & Quotes
Just finished an interesting read that goes one-on-one with some of the leading songwriters: The Secrets of Songwriting: Leading Songwriters Reveal How to Find Inspiration & Success. The author, Susan Tucker, interviews a baker’s dozen of songwriters (one being Canadian Carolyn Dawn Johnson) and each offers some insight and pearls of wisdom into the craft [...]
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