Comprehensive Music Business Knowledge

Understand the two distinct copyrights (and their related royalties) that drive the entire music industry.

Clear, Practical and Up-to-Date 

"How to" videos showing & explaining the administrative steps needed to get paid all the money you have earned.

Guidance from Real  Industry Experience

Learn from an instructor with over 30 years of professional experience working with artists, labels, song writers, studios and more.

About

The Elephant In The Music Business gives you a clear and simple breakdown of royalties, sound recording copyrights, musical work copyrights, publishing, collaborations, all the administrative processes that protect your music and ensure that you will get paid in full, and much more. The name of this program is a light-hearted acknowledgment of the aspects of the music industry that most of us don't want to deal with because they are so confusing and overwhelming.   Having an all encompassing collection of relatively short videos explaining all the things you need to know is extremely valuable because many of the subjects covered deal with aspects of the music business that don't come up often enough for each of us to remember all the key points. This gives you an easy access video library to everything you need to know or refresh yourself on as you navigate your music business.    If you haven't registered all of your songs in all of the places they should be registered, then this course can pay for itself in time easily.   The amount of time is directly related to how long it take for you to get all your songs registered and how much effort you put into getting you music out there!

Meet Your Instructor,  Michael Surprenant

As an industry expert with years of experience, Michael has produced music for over 250 independent artists, major clients like Disney and Paramount, as well as multi-platinum selling song writers. People seem to report over and over again that they  find Michael's way of explaining things easy to understand and empowering.    

Course Curriculum

9 Chapters · 44 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction to the Music Business

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Welcome to The Elephant In The Music Business!

  2. 2

    Copyright

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      What Is Copyright?

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Copyright

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Public Domain

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Cover Songs

  3. 3

    Publishing

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Publishing

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Songtrust

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Subpublishing

  4. 4

    Sound Recordings

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Neighboring Rights

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Record Labels

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Distributors

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Recording Academy vs. RIAA

  5. 5

    Collaborations

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Introduction: Why Agreements Matter

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Joint Works (Part 1)

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Joint Works (Part 2)

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Derivative Works

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      Interpolations vs. Samples

    6. (Included in full purchase)

      Who Gets Publishing, Who Gets Master

    7. (Included in full purchase)

      Split Sheets

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      Work For Hire

    9. (Included in full purchase)

      Reversion Clause

    10. (Included in full purchase)

      Writing Up

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      Scenario 1

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      Scenario 2

    13. (Included in full purchase)

      Points vs. Percentages

  6. 6

    Royalties & Rights

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Introduction: The Main Royalty Streams

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Performance Royalties

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Mechanical Royalties

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Synchronization Fees

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      Print Royalties

  7. 7

    Where & How To Register Your Songs

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      CMOs, SongTrust & The US Copyright Office

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      The MLC (The Mechanical Licensing Collective)

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      SoundExchange

    6. (Included in full purchase)

      US Copyright Registration

  8. 8

    Resources & Final Notes

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Final Message

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      To Do List

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Sample Administration Agreement

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Sample Split Sheet - Writer

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      Sample Split Sheet - Master

    6. (Included in full purchase)

      Sample Split Sheet - Writer & Master

    7. (Included in full purchase)

      Music Business Acronyms

  9. 9

    Credits

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Credits

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