'The Job Is Going to Die': Songwriters Say More Change Is Needed to Survive in the Music Industry

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As the music industry looks ahead for a set of copyright judges to approve higher royalties for songwriters next year, several hitmakers told Rolling Stone much more is still needed to carve out a sustainable career path for songwriting in the industry.

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“This historic settlement is the result of songwriters making their voices heard. Instead of going to trial and continuing years of conflict, we instead move forward in collaboration with the highest rates ever, guaranteed,” David Israelite, CEO of the trade group the National Music Publishers Association, said in a statement after the agreement. “We thank the digital services for coming to the table and treating creators as business partners.

“The one thing the label doesn’t pay for is the songwriter. Set aside a non-performing songwriter royalty pool, a percentage that doesn’t come out of the artist’s share,” Lewis says. “The artist has percentage points, the producer has points, why can’t there be a pool of revenue based on success of the record that goes to non-performing songwriters? The job is going to die; it’s not going to last if there isn’t some kind of redistribution of profit.

Whether or not labels would take such a step isn’t clear. Thomas Scherer, BMG’s US president of repertoire and marketing, agrees with the songwriters, saying in a statement tothat songwriters don’t have enough equity in the business and that for more lasting change, the labels need to step forward. Still, he didn’t confirm whether BMG would actually institute any of those changes themselves.

 

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it's not like the garbage being pushed out these days will be missed

you should promote Bollywood instead

This happens in long lasting civilizations. It fluctuates. I know that’s no comfort to writers.

“A song with a melody, a verse, a bridge and a lyrical message may be a thing of the past.” L.E. Kalikow

It'll be good to get back to just artists who write their own songs

Awards shows need to put this category on the light bigtime coz it's a skill that not many have when it comes to word play & holding a pot of vocabs. It should a category that hold as much relevance as Artist of the Year. Songwriters are artists & major players RecordingAcad

Boo f*cking hoo

Cool do this for movies

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