tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017826107254733695.post4590113044455466533..comments2023-01-06T05:28:42.499-08:00Comments on Subliminal Ridge: Recording a Cover Song: Most Basic Things in Music Law #1Susan Basko, Lawyer for Indie Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715259092450414313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017826107254733695.post-28801121533395654012014-08-04T09:46:01.943-07:002014-08-04T09:46:01.943-07:00Dear Dave, You may want to see my other blog that ...Dear Dave, You may want to see my other blog that gets more into music law. it is: Http://suebasko.blogspot.com I deal with U.S. law. You cite a UK blog. Law outside the US is not the same as law inside the US. In the US, royalties on cover songs are paid to the songwriter and/or publisher, not to any previous artist that may have recorded the song. In the US, the royalty fee that goes to the songwriter/publisher is about 10 cents per song copy, and significantly less when bought in bulk by a big record label. In the US, the previous artists, who may have been the ones that made the song famous, are not entitled to any royalties on a cover song, unless they artist is also the songwriter, which is sometimes the case. This is why it is very important for every band member to have a lawyer, for there to be band contracts, etc. Every person should understand what stake they do or do not have in a song.Susan Basko, Lawyer for Indie Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715259092450414313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017826107254733695.post-39233349461954416492014-07-29T05:12:52.759-07:002014-07-29T05:12:52.759-07:00Hi Sue,
Thanks for you're interesting article...Hi Sue,<br /><br />Thanks for you're interesting article. I'm a young musician looking to understand more about legal issues and royalty payments in the music industry. I really enjoyed you're article and you're blog but I was left with a few questions I think you may be able to help with. When an artist records a cover song that sells a large amount of records how much of the revenue created is payed to the original composer? For example let's say artist A records a song and sells a lot of records and the 2 years later artist B records the song and sells a large amount of records again, will artist B have to pay all the revenue created to artist A? Also is there a difference between songwriting royalties and performing royalties? And if so how is it decided which revenue goes where? I recently read a good article on recording a cover song: http://www.functioncentral.co.uk/blog/2014/04/producing_covers_demo/. However I'm looking to understand more about the business of what happens which the gross revenue created. <br /><br />Many thanks for you're interesting article and I hope you can help me understand this subject more.<br /><br />DaveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07547449609416285227noreply@blogger.com