For a long time, louder felt like the goal. If your track hit harder than the next one, it grabbed the listener's attention. That mindset made sense when playback systems were inconsistent and volume was a competitive advantage. That’s no longer the world we’re releasing music into.
Today, louder doesn’t mean what it used to. And in many cases, pushing level too far actually works against the music.
In an age where digital platforms dominate music discovery, many artists overlook a powerful and consistent income stream — licensing music for use in commercial spaces.
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In part I of this article I left out one exclusive right under Copyright law. . . on purpose of course. It is Digital Audio Transmission.
Basically referring to the new online & Satellite transmission of recordings, specifically, STREAMING (streaming audio, subscription-based entities). Examples: Pandora Radio, Sirius/XM, Spotify, etc. . .
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.