Music Publishing Explained | Different Types of Publishing Deals

Just got assigned this video in my music technology GCSE class, and I seriously appreciate your no-nonsense approach to this stuff. You just gained a sub!

The best video I ever found so far about explaining how publisher deals work, I learned a lot. Thank you so much for putting this info out there, subscribed 1+

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I remember reading Ann Murray saying that her first royalty cheque for Snowbird was $97,000..... My favorite band is Rush and if I am not mistaken, they had what is essentially a one in a million or more, in other words, unheard of, record deal. Since no one in Canada would sign them, their manager paid for the recording of their first album, which fell into the hands of the music programmer at the radio station in Cleveland which due to phone response put Working Man into heavy rotation. News of this reached Mercury in Chicago, and in the course of one day they had signed a 4 album distribution deal. Key in all of this is that they delivered a finished product to Mercury, whose end of the deal was promotion and distribution, Rush owned 100% of their publishing and masters. I am not sure exactly, but I think their publishing was administered by their own label, Anthem, so it sounds as though they kept ALL the money.....lol. In a 1978 Maclean's magazine article, the writer said that 'Rush has one of the best record deals in the business; they get $2 per album.' I have no idea about the overall amounts of money we're talking about when it comes to them, but it is a good story about nice guys finishing first.

Thanks brother. This was very well done and helpful.

Nice video. Thank you. Good to have a video about splits and terms.

YO great job explaining those types of Pub deals dude!

You can get an advance and creative support with an admin deal. Kobalt is a perfect example. Their deals are admin and they can pay advances and have a creative a&r / synch team

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Thanks for the content man! I'm being offered a publishing deal right now and trying to gather as much info as possible going into this. Appreciate you.

Great info even 4 years later. Thank you! I waited (impatiently) until I got good enough at something in my day job to make really good money. then I decided to go hard on recording a full LP, high end production, musicians and a great producer. I am now paying for a high-end publicist in Nashville. I got accepted and now pay for distribution through the Sony network. Publlishing is the one area I know little about. It's the first time I am uneasy about the process. Do I even need a publishing deal? I would say yes, because everything I have seen so far is 10 times better if you "KNOW SOMEONE"! Having a partner to go find you deals sounds nice even if you are splitting the proceeds. So far, I have avoided needing help from anyone while trying to appear like I am on a label. We'll see how it goes. My first single drops Feb 23rd, 2024. Thanks for this great info. I have subscribed and will now go look at all your other educational material.

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good info KDMR, keep rockin' steady G

Great video. Thank you!

Great video!! So if I'm getting into sync licensing, there is pretty much no way to maintain 100% publishing rights? Because of PRO's? I'm just trying to get as much as I can lol Thank you!!

Strong info, thanks!