{"id":82753,"date":"2021-01-15T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=82753"},"modified":"2021-01-15T16:18:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T16:18:15","slug":"mick-fleetwood-follows-bandmates-footsteps-and-sells-music-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/mick-fleetwood-follows-bandmates-footsteps-and-sells-music-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Fleetwood Follows Bandmates Footsteps And Sells Music Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><i>Image credit: BMG<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366FF\"> Music publishing Giant BMG snaps up Mick Fleetwood&#8217;s interests in all of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s recorded work, except for first two albums.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The co-founder and drummer of the infamous band <b>Fleetwood Mac<\/b> has become the latest start to sell away the rights to their biggest hits. He joins an <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/why-music-legends-are-selling-their-publishing-rights\/\">ever-growing list of artists selling their rights<\/a>, such as <b>Neil Young<\/b>, <b><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/shakira-becomes-latest-star-to-sell-the-rights-to-her-songs\/\">Shakira<\/a><\/b> and <b>Bob Dylan<\/b>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fleetwood\u2019s rights have been sold to the BMG, one of the worlds largest music publishers. The deal covers more than 300 songs, including <b><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/08GQAI4eElDnROBrJRGE0X?si=IbiFPCOfTnqTV_wQbOrDVQ\">Fleetwood Mac<\/a><\/b> hits such as <b><i>\u2018Dreams\u2019<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>\u2018The Chain\u2019 <\/i><\/b>and <b><i>\u2018Go Your Own Way\u2019<\/i><\/b>, taken from their biggest-selling album, <b><i>\u2018Rumours\u2019<\/i><\/b>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mick has now joined bandmates Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham in selling his rights. Although Lindsey sold his for an undisclosed amount to Hipgnosis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like previous deals its value hasn\u2019t been revealed but generally they equate to roughly <em>\u201c25 years of royalties up front\u201d<\/em>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipgnosissongs.com\/\">Hipgnosis<\/a> founder Merck Mercuriadis. However, the deal covers drummer Fleetwood\u2019s interests in all of the bands recorded work, except for the first two albums.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmg.com\/uk\/\">BMG<\/a> will now collect a fee every time of the songs is <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-my-music-on-deezer\/\">streamed<\/a>, played on the radio or used in a film or <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/top-10-video-game-soundtracks-of-2020\/\">video game<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the transaction Fleetwood, 73 said: <em>\u201cThis is a wonderfully inspiring marriage between two creative partners that understands al aspects of the business. Foremost, BMG understands the artistry and puts the artist first.\u201d<\/em> He adds: <em>\u201cIf this partnership is any indication of my past, and now future, working relationship with BMG, it\u2019s that they truly \u2018get it.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmg.com\/uk\/\">BMG<\/a> chief executive Hartwig Masuch said: <em>\u201cMick Fleetwood is the bedrock of one of the greatest bands in rock, he has a unique talent to bring together musicians of all genres and of course he is one of rock\u2019s greatest drummers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music publishing Giant BMG snaps up Mick Fleetwood&#8217;s interests in all of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s recorded work, except for first two albums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":82755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,1,11109],"tags":[21172,21177,21171,21175,21174,21176,3858,21170,4503,21173],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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