What's the Difference Between a Record Deal and a Publishing Deal?

Question from one of our community members. Record deals and publishing deals can often get confusing for artists. In this video, we discuss the difference between the two deals.

[daveframi]

As an independent artist, I appreciate this info bro!

[allisonwhitten]

Said it since day 1: I want a publishing deal!!

[raoulkilback]

This guy is absolutely right and he's the best

[retrosaintsongs]

You're a great speaker & presenter! One tip: When you're discussing pub copyrights, use the term 'composition' and for label copyrights say 'recording' or 'recorded music.' Don't use the terms 'song' or 'music' interchangeably.

[weADmusic]

Everyone needs to watch this video ! You helped me to understand this confusing concept!

[debbiesherria]

Soooo excited about this amazing channel

[trinibaduk]

4:52 Labels have always got paid, everything u said I agree with except that. In The 70’s and 80’s the record labels were making crazy money compared to the artists. The internet has helped the artists not the labels

[Hodarii]

Thank you for this. Can I still register for the classes ?

[d.moon]

So if I write my own music and buy or make my own beats and it’s dope, a publishing deal would be more profitable? Which would I have more advantage with? Can you cover this topic more in depth…

[artists]

Thanks for watching - Be sure to register for our classes to be able to ask questions directly!

[charlenestanton]

This is interesting and very helpful to a songwriter who hasn't been published since the nineties (long story). Thank you.

[Kaotix_music]

Thanks for this man, im more confused now more than ever lol

[DarkShinePros]

I have to "slightly" disagree with his wording. The record label owns THE RECORDING of the song ONLY. He keeps saying "the song itself" for the label when actually "the song itself" is the PUBLISHER. He's using "song" when he should be saying "recording" many times here. The song itself is the lyrics and music/beat meaning the people who created those can continuously recreate/re-record or allow others to recreate/record WITHOUT a label's approval because the label only owns the particular single recording they paid for to produce. Just think of the two copyrights, the one using letter C in a circle and the one using letter P in a circle. The C is the song, the P is the recording. The C is publishing, the P is record label. The biggest thing to understand is Publishing/Publishers have rights to both the C and P copyright while the label only had rights to the P copyright. The parts about the royalties is spot on though.

[daquainjordan]

Since I’m a singer, songwriter and produce my own music a publishing deal would be best

[smokebell-umsb]

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[EngineerDJ_Julius]

your audio is too low

other than that, I learned something new today

[Ryan.evans]

Anybody else just think this is plain stupid overall?