Before I continue, I wanted to mention briefly that I was just recently asked by a reader of this article of when should a writer expect to be paid his/her royalties. The music publishing industry works on a quarterly basis when it comes to getting paid. So for all royalties generated by the use of the song, the music publishers will receive royalty payments every quarter.
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Wednesday, December 14 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the The Gibson Showroom, join us in celebrating the season and successes of the year! Come network with other music pros and toast to GRAMMY nominees and Latin GRAMMY nominees and winners. Also, meet this year’s Board of Governor Candidates up for election for the coming term.
Please join us on November 16 for the “After The Recording” seminar at the AMF Creative Media Center. Are you working on a new recording? Have it ready to go and not sure what to do now? This seminar will be full of information on what’s next – CD mastering, duplication, artwork, distribution and more! Our guest speakers will give you the information you need, and will be glad to answer the many questions you might have.
This question has come up with relative frequency, so I'm going to write the step-by-step directions to let you get your reference CD into your computer as .wav files or mp3 files.
These step by step directions are for converting a disc to .wav files, but the steps will be similar for converting to MP3 too.
Often a source of confusion is the .cda file. On a windows computer, when you insert a RedBook Audio CD, the tracks show up as .cda files. One might assume that these are the audio files on the disc because they are the only items that show up in the explorer window. . . that would be wrong. The .cda files are merely placeholders pointing to a place on the CD that the song starts. Think of them as what windows calls a 'shortcut'.
Monday, October 17 at 6:30 p.m. Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas George Strait, Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Asleep at the Wheel, and special guests Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Christopher Cross, Texas Tornados, Randy Rogers and Terri Hendrix will perform at Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas Oct. 17 at the Frank Erwin Center. “Friday Night Lights” Emmy® award-winning actor Kyle Chandler will emcee along with writer, actor and director Turk Pipkin.
So lets chat more in detail about how and from what does the song make money from. How does the songwriter make; hmmm.....what’s that word again....ah yes, ROYALTY!!
Grammy U is the college student branch of The Recording Academy. Today from 6:00pm-8:00pm by the UT Tower the Grammy U kickoff for Austin, TX will featuring DJ Spinderella.
Other Grammy U Kickoff events around Texas include:
Dear Music Community,
Please be sure to inform your colleagues whose livelihoods have been affected by the fires, to reach out to MusiCares, our non-profit entity of The Recording Academy. MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need.
MusiCares South Region 615.327.0050
Open House Friday, September 9th at 7p with Nick Landis
Our guest speaker this month is Nick Landis, Mastering Engineer at Terra Nova Mastering.
To start off the social, NIck will describe his experience of the music industry, and what it takes to stay successful.
Register to attend at the Recording Conservatory of Austin website.
