Publishing Basics
A performance/recording of another artist's song.
What is a cover song?
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?
Royalties paid for the reproduction of a song.
What are mechanical royalties?
______ 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"?
A weekly or monthly payment to a 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"?
Name the five main things publishers do.
What is acquire, administer, exploit, protect, and collect?
_______ 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?