In recent weeks I’ve traveled to Australia, Beijing, Los Angeles and New York, and have noted a significant increase in the “world view” in terms of how composers, songwriters and musicians worldwide see the world of film music, and how they are structuring their careers to take advantage of new global opportunities. Read More→

There has been a lot of discussion on industry forums and discussion lists about “retitling” deals with music libraries, where a composer will license a musical work to a library which retitles the work and collects publishing royalties on placements of the work that the library generates.

The writer still gets writers performance royalties from these placements, but far more importantly, the writer retains the copyright to the music. That, to me, is a very important factor that can make retitling a far better option for composers than other deals where the composer is forced to give up copyright for life, hoping that the music library will generate placements. Read More→