In a nutshell, when a piece of music is written, a legal right to it, called a copyright, comes alive and vests on the songwriter. This...

Synchronisation, sometimes called placements, refers to when a song or musical work is reproduced onto a television program, film, video,...

Advances: The lump sums payable to the author on signing the agreement and at the points any options are taken up by the publisher. These...

A publisher will often pay a lump sum advance, in return for an agreement where the author will be tied to the publisher for a number of...

With regard to physical product, this is one of the most complicated parts of the record supply chain and can for a major album release,...

In commercially releasing a compilation, a series of tasks and expenses have to be executed and incurred. After doing some extensive...

Advertising agency: A business which provides ideas and which manages an advertisement or an advertising campaign on behalf of a product,...

It also allows the flexibility to sign to another record label when the time is right, if this is desirable, as the recording rights are...