Let’s run through the important, but complicated, process of music royalties. Royalties are the money that is paid to recording artists, songwriters, and/or publishers for following the use of their artistic work. While the definition…

We explain how and why they exist, and whoever the heck Harry Fox is. Mechanical royalties are paid to artists whenever they’re music is reproduced. This can apply to CDs, vinyls, cassettes, digital downloads, and…

We explain how artists get paid for their creative work. Royalties, not to be confused with music licenses, are the payments that go out to artists when their work is used in some capacity. Royalties…

Music licenses are the primary way artists can receive royalties for their music, by giving legal permission to someone who’d like to use their work. In general, there are six types of licenses that someone…