English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

3 answers

Artists get a royalty off their record sales

Songwriters get a royalty off the use of their material

An Artist has to pay the songwriters, directly or indrectly, to use their songs.

If the Artist also writes the songs then when someone else does them the Artist also gets a royalty.

If the Artist is a new artist and they write the songs they may have to share royalties with producers as a part of their deal.

Then both of them get royalties from other uses.

Songwriting royalties are split between writer and publisher.

The label usually owns the publisher.

Royalties are not paid on promotional copies and smaller or no royalties are paid on "compliations" such as the Best of the 70s

Royalties are paid for use, thus if a radio or TV station plays a song the songwriter gets a royalty no matter what, the Artist does not.

The Artist only gets royalties off sales of CDs and downlaods through legtimate sources like Yahoo Music or Wal-Mart music.

Artists who use other peoples songs have to pay back the fees to use those songs before they get paid their own royalties.

Artists who write their own songs generally don't get a royalty off their own record or get a smaller royalty, because it is incorporated into their "deal" and advance money.

2006-09-17 23:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Yes, I believe you can play cover songs live, but if it is recorded and distributed, you have to get permission from the original artist and also pay a royalty fee.

2006-09-17 23:44:40 · answer #2 · answered by torreyc73 5 · 1 0

Huh?

I believe you mean:

Does a singer get royalty for his song?
Does he also get royalty for a cover?

In both cases: Yes, if he's the writer.

2006-09-17 23:39:24 · answer #3 · answered by Walter W. Krijthe 4 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers