What Is Music Administration?

 

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As an artist you have to be familiar with the different Music Publishing deals that are out there. This will help you determine which deal is best for you based on your needs and where you are in your career. Something you will come across is Music Administration.

Music Administration is an entity that takes care of all your administration duty for a fee. The fee is usually a percentage of your gross income. It is something you would have to negotiate but it is typically 10-15%, although I have seen administration companies take 20% of an artists income. Again, it just boils down to your needs and where you are in your music career. Ask yourself can you afford to give away 20% of your income at this time? only you can answer that.

 

Duties of A Music Administration Company

  • Handling All Administration Duties
  • PRO Registrations
  • Registrations of Songs To The US Copyright Office
  • Worldwide Registrations through sub-publishers In Foreign Countries
  • Negotiating and Issuing Licenses
  • Collecting Your Royalties From All Sources

 

As you can see there are quite a few reason’s why an artist would sign an administration deal. The great thing about this deal is that you don’t have to give up any of your publishing! unlike singing a standard publishing deal where you have to give up nearly 50% of your publishing rights.

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