Quote from: Lazarus on February 19, 2024, 01:53:50 PMQuote from: Summertime on February 19, 2024, 01:42:19 PMQuote from: Lazarus on February 19, 2024, 01:22:39 PMI feel for songwriters. They got it the hardest in the industry it seem.
The hardest & them publishing checks are even smaller now they are saying than ever before + these non-writing artists demanding publishing without writing making their checks even smaller.
Writers need to start demanding a cut of technical masters since non-writing artists want a cut of their publishing.
I remember Sia complimented Rihanna on not taking publishing unless she co-wrote.
I'm so happy Mya does right by her co-writers and such an expertise with those publishing split sheets.
That is good Mya, Rihanna, and others are ethical.
Writers are becoming more vocal than ever about artists doing the practice of taking publishing without writing.
It is kind of similar to how big producers take credit for a beat that a producer in their camp made.
Taking from others checks when one didn't contribute is tacky.
I think my girl Brandy is on the up and up bc she has many released songs that she is not listed as a co-writer.
She was proud of herself that she wrote way more than usual on b7.
Diane Warren said the publishing taking from artists that don't write would be akin to a writer demanding a cut of a artist's performance fee.