Feds Vs State R&B Podcast

The least inspiring episode of the month and probably the most profitable. PRO, publisher entity, the MLC, SoundExchange, ISRCs, ISWCs, and the Copyright Office — every place your money might be sitting unclaimed.Feds Vs State R&B Podcast is education, not legal advice. Get a music attorney before you sign anything.

"It's standard" is the most dangerous sentence in music. Four words — term, territory, recoupment, reversion — that let you find the parts of any contract that will hurt you.Feds Vs State R&B Podcast is education, not legal advice. Get a music attorney before you sign anything.

What a publisher actually does for their cut, the difference between a full deal and an admin deal, and the exact route a stream takes before the money reaches you. Plus: why clean paperwork is what makes you licensable.Feds Vs State R&B Podcast is education, not legal advice. Get a music attorney before you sign anything.

Six people, a great night, nothing written down. Eighteen months later nobody's speaking. The one page that prevents the most common catastrophe in R&B — and why producer points are not publishing percentages.Feds Vs State R&B Podcast is education, not legal advice. Get a music attorney before you sign anything.

There is no such thing as owning "the song." There are two separate properties inside every record — the composition and the master — and they're owned by different people and paid through different pipes.Feds Vs State R&B Podcast is education, not legal advice. Get a music attorney before you sign anything.

The gap between a hobbyist and a professional isn't talent — it's ownership, and ownership is mostly administrative. The four assets you already own, and the folder that starts your business.Feds Vs State R&B Podcast is education, not legal advice. Get a music attorney before you sign anything.