As with many questions these days, those asking this question don’t have quite the up-to-date awareness they should have. What can a label offer you? support, advice, distribution, marketing, expertise? Maybe, and all at a price usually. The way larger labels recoup this money is quite vicious.
So what next? Small labels have less of [...]
6 – Should I want to sign with a label?
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 [...]
