In today's music landscape, full production is generally an afterthought. Many of today's producers often do not see a project through to completion, instead they sell or rent a beat to an artist and that is often the end of contact.
In order to develop your sound and meaningful reputation as a serious producer, you must see a project all the way through. A producer must not only compose the beat either directly or via third party but they must have a vision for how the vocals must sound as well as how the mixing and mastering is done.  A producer is often the coach for an artist, the same way a coach is for an athlete; their job is to get the best performance in the studio.  A producer must not pass off the beat and leave the artist to do their own thing unless, they are 100% comfortable with the artist being able to rock the beat without assistance.  To be fair, there are some artists that are uniquely talented enough that you can leave them alone to do their thing but their are others that have the raw vocal skills but need a little guidance to make the song pop.  A producer must determine this by vibing with the artist in order to learn their personality and skill level.
If you are new to the production game, you may not feel comfortable coaching an artist or sitting in on a mixing session, but as you grow, this is a valuable asset that you must add to your skill set in order to be placed with the professionals.

In part 2 of this blog series, let's discuss how you can get paid if you maintain the ownership of your publishing. Everyone likes to get paid, right? I know I do! 

That is why publishing is one of the most valuable assets to a producer, songwriter or composer. The ownership of this will allow you many different streams of revenue for years to come. One of the most popular ways to get paid is via ASCAP,SEASAC or BMI. These are called performance rights societies and they collect money on your behalf every time your song is gets a spin on broadcast radio, tv or cable. In order to receive this money though, you must sign up with either of the three as a publisher member or a writer member. 

A publisher member is the entity that owns the rights to the composition or lyrics within the song. A writer member is the author or creator of the lyrics or the music. If you own your rights and you are the creator you can sign up as both and get paid twice! 

If you have signed over your publishing rights to another company, you can only sign up as a writer member. That is why it is valuable to hold on to ownership of your publishing, unless a big publishing company is gonna offer you some big bucks or some other incentive to give it up. 

Sometimes, this can work to your benefit if a big publisher wants to sign you, because they will actually work to get your songs placed with artists, which is what a publisher's job is. But, a lot of publishers, just want to take the money and they do nothing for you in return. So you must be careful. There many other ways to get paid from publishing besides the ones mentioned above. In the next part, I will go deeper into that. Stay tuned…

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As always,
Keep Bangin'
Cee