5 – How should I make audio available on my website?

Promoting your music through a website is all about striking a balance between supplying the needs of the customer/consumer/listener/fan and retaining your rights.
First of all, ask yourself some questions
1 – Do you hold the rights to the music?  If not, then you must seek permission to stream or otherwise make available the audio by contacting [...]

1 – How does copyright work?

There are 3 kinds of copyright in a piece of recorded music.
1 – The author/composer/songwriter copyright
2 – The recording copyright
3 – The performer copyright
1a – If you write a song, then the copyright lasts for 70 years after your death.  You can loan it to someone (assigning) via a publishing agreement or similar.
2a – If [...]