Publishing Basics
Name the four main things publishers do.
What is Acquire, Administer, Exploit, and Protect?
A songwriter can only belong to ______ PRO(s) at once.
What is one?
Name the two elements that make a song.
What is melody and lyrics?
Traditional Am/FM broadcast radio.
What is terrestrial radio?
A document listing every piece of music used in a film or TV show.
What is a cue sheet?
Money paid ahead to the artist or songwriter.
What is an advance?
Name the four major U.S. PROs.
What is ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, GMR?
In a co-write, publishers typically count ownership by ________.
What is equal shares for everyone in the room?
______ gets paid from AM/FM radio play.
What is songwriters and publishers?
Music that is prominent and clearly heard in a scene.
What is "Featured Use"?
Weekly or monthly money paid to a staff songwriter.
What is a draw?
This PRO is privately owned.
What is SESAC?
This agreement means that a songwriter can only write for a specific publisher during the term of the contract.
What is exclusive songwriter agreement?
A reporting station is _____.
What is a radio station that reports playlists to Billboard, Mediabase, and PROs?
Music used exactly as it appears in the film.
What is "In-Context Use"?
A performance/recording of another artist's song.
What is a cover song?
_______ is the statutory mechanical royalty rate for songs 5 minutes or under.
What is 9.1 cents?
Name the three royalty sources for songwriters.
What is mechanical, performance, and synchronization?
Radio stations make money through ______.
What is advertising, sponsorships, events, and paid programming?
Original music composed specifically for the film.
What is a score?
An agreement where the original publisher licenses their catalog to a foreign publisher to manage in specific territories.
What is a sub-pub deal?
This license allows a piece of music to be used with visual media.
What is a synch license?
SoundExchange is responsible for _______.
What is collecting digital performance royalties for the sound recording?
The act of illegally paying for radio play without disclosure.
What is payola?
A movie studio must get permission from these four titles in order to use a song.
What is a record label, publisher, songwriter, and artist?