DistroKid launched its Publishing administration service in October 2026. But the service is not yet available to every songwriter. DistroKid’s current eligibility guidance states that an account must have at least five and no more…
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You can change music distributors. You can also change publishing administrators. But moving publishing administration is different from transferring a recording between Spotify distributors. The process involves composition registrations, collection mandates, existing contracts and royalties…
You distribute your recordings through one company. Does that company also need to administer your songwriting? No. Music distribution and publishing administration are different services. An independent artist can often use one company to deliver…
DistroKid has introduced a music publishing administration service, giving independent songwriters another way to collect royalties generated by the compositions they write. The new service was formally announced on 5 October 2026. That makes it…
Publishing royalties can be frustratingly slow. Your distributor may report streaming royalties within a couple of months. Publishing income can take considerably longer. That does not necessarily mean anything is wrong. Why publishing takes longer…
A PRO and a music publisher are not the same thing. For songwriters, understanding the difference can mean the difference between collecting one part of your income and collecting much more of what the composition…
Music can earn money without the person owed that money ever receiving it. This happens more often than many independent artists realise. The song gets streamed, performed, broadcast or licensed. The money is generated. But…
Music publishing agreements contain a word artists should pay attention to: Exclusive. Publishing administration often requires an administrator to have exclusive authority over specified works during the agreement. But not every music-rights service operates exclusively.…
