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Allister, Phil, and Neel

How to Register Your Songs, with Allister Bradley

Singer-songwriter, producer, and Song Studio maverick Allister Bradley joined us to talk us through song registrations (for Canadians). We talked about: Billy Joel’s new song and AI-driven video Turn the Lights Back On Collective Societies | Copyright Board of Canada (cb-cda.gc.ca) lists ALL the organizations responsible for collecting and distributing royalties What is a royalty? …

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Neel, Bruce, Bonnie, Dave, Phil, and Vanessa

Non-songwriting careers in music

Bonnie Fedrau, Administrator at ACTRA-RACS and David Misener, Product Specialist at HHB Canada joined us to share their wide-ranging experiences in the music industry. Here are some of the cool things we talked about: Neighbouring Rights royalties performance rights being a Product Specialist Re-Sound (royalty collection) Recording Artists’ Collecting Society Working as a Scout/A & …

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Neel, Phil, Vincent, Vanessa, and Bruce

How to get noticed by a music publisher with Vincent Degiorgio

Vincent Degiorgio, president of CYMBA Music publishing, joined us to tell tales and give tips to songwriters on getting your songs published. We talked about: mechanical rights and copyrights separating the performance from the song what it takes to get a publisher’s attention how to finish your songs Jason Blume – 6 Steps to Songwriting …

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