How to Register Your Songs, with Allister Bradley

Singer-songwriter, producer, and Song Studio maverick Allister Bradley joined us to talk us through song registrations (for Canadians).

We talked about:

Billy Joel’s new song and AI-driven video Turn the Lights Back On
Collective Societies | Copyright Board of Canada (cb-cda.gc.ca) lists ALL the organizations responsible for collecting and distributing royalties
What is a royalty?
Know the different hats you’ll be wearing for collecting royalties – songwriter, lyricist, performer, publisher
Understand the splits when you’re collaborating
What constitutes a public performance of a song?
If you’re an independent artist who records, produces, and releases your own music, you’re also the record label and the master record owner
Carefully consider your digital distribution aggregator (CD Baby, TuneCore, Distrokid, RouteNote, etc)
Make sure to obtain (for free) and retain ISRC and UPC/EAN codes

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