What is Music Publishing and Why Should You Know About It?

With Spotify’s new royalty model arriving and many artists no longer receiving payments for their music, it is more important than ever for musicians to be aware of Music Publishing and the royalties they might be missing out on. Music Publishing in its simplest form is the collection of an artist’s compositional royalties which are generated whenever an artist’s composition is played, recreated or performed. When you create a piece of  music and upload it to a distributor like RouteNote will immediately begin collecting a Sound Recording Royalty (otherwise known as a Master Recording Royalty). However, what most artists don’t…