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How The Music Business Works

The music business is one of the most complex, infamous, and influential systems on Earth!

How The Music Business Works has been written to explain how all the moving parts of this industry work together.

Our goal is to compile and share the most exhaustive guide on the subject that exists.

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The Basics

What is a Composition?
What is a Sound Recording?
What is a Songwriter?
What is a Recording Artist?
What is a Music Publisher?
What is a Record Label?
Major vs. Indie
Copyright Registration
Types of Music Releases
The Team

Your Rights

What is a Mechanical License?
What is a Public Performance License?
What is Synchronization Licensing?
What is a Master-Use License?
What are Neighboring Rights?
What are Lyric Rights?
What are Print Rights?
What is Music Distribution?
What is Rights Management?

Industry Organizations

The YouTube Guide for the Music Business
Organizations and Advocacy Groups of the Music Business
What is The Harry Fox Agency?
What is Music Reports?
What Is SoundExchange?

Advanced Concepts

What is an ISRC?
What is an ISWC?
What is Work for Hire?
What is a Digital Download?
How Does the Music Modernization Act Work?
What is Non-Interactive Music Streaming?
What is On-Demand Music Streaming?
Music Industry Contracts
What is an Exploration Audit?
What are Music Industry Consent Decrees?

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