The links below are mostly to PDF documents (articles abstracted from external websites and presented in PDF document format for convenience)
- All about royalties (long version)
- All about royalties (short version)
- Basics of Music Copyrights and Royalties (excellent DISC MAKERS series)
- (a) Introducing the basic concepts of music copyrights and royalties
- (b) Should I “officially” copyright my song?
- (c) How Do I Get Paid if I Own the Sound Recording?
- (d) How do I collect mechanical royalties for my songs?
- (e) How to collect Performance Royalties
- (f) Neighbouring Rights and How U.S. Artists Lose Out
- (g) How does sync licensing work?
- Collecting performing rights income for dance and electronic music
- Explaining songwriting income streams (excellent summary)
- How musicians and songwriters are compensated when their music is played, sold, webcast or streamed – striking infographics [Future of Music Coalition]
- Income from streaming (Spotify – positive comments)
- Income from streaming (Spotify – neutral comments)
- Income from streaming (Spotify – negative comments)
- Income from streaming (Spotify – streaming is the future)
- Income from streaming – ideally, how much should Spotify be paying you?
- Income from streaming (is streaming the enemy of the independent musician?)
- Income from streaming (streaming income streaming rates from Spotify, Deezer, etc.)
- Income from streaming (2018 update)
- Income from streaming: are subscription music services a sustainable business model?
- Spotify: who compiles Spotify playlists?
- Income from streaming: the only way to go (Part One) [DiscMakers Blog 2016]
- Income from streaming: the only way to go (Part Two) [DiscMakers Blog 2016]
- Streaming 2015: UK market share and pay rates
- Making a living from music: why it’s so tough
- Making a living from music: record sales – where the money goes
- Making money in the streaming era: advice for songwriters (Digital Music News)
- How to make a living from music playing your own music live (by Rohan Healy)
- Making a reasonable living from music: some success stories
- Maximising your royalty earnings through your performing rights organisation (Rohan Healy)
- Massive income from perennial Christmas hits
- Online royalties poor
- Royalty Rates Paid By Irish Radio Stations For Use Of Recorded Music
- Royalty rates in major music territories (excluding USA)
- Sheet music royalties
- Sync income from television
- Tax Exemption Scheme for artists (Ireland)
Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer earn €458,000 a year in royalties from the perennial favourite, “Fairytale of New York”
