What We Do..

Our main concern as a music publisher is to develop, protect and value the music which we represent.

Music publishers require a variety of skills, from the ability to spot good songwriting that is likely to appeal to an audience to ensuring that the music they represent is properly licensed and paid for.

First thing first. We need to find the songwriter. So we’ll go to gigs, listen to demo submissions and also have people recommend songwriters to us.

If we like what we hear then we sign the writer(s). This relationship between ourselves and a songwriter/composer is supported by a publishing contract setting out the rights and obligations of each to the other. Under these contracts songwriters and composers assign the copyright in their music to the music publisher in return for a commitment to promote, exploit and protect that music. The publisher agrees to pay the songwriter/composer a percentage of any income earned from such exploitation as royalties.

Once the writer is signed we will promote their compositions. We have links with record companies, producers and managers. With the help of these people we look to secure the compositions with named artists for commercial release, or in the case of a performing artist, secure a deal for them with best record company possible.

We register the works of songwriter with all appropriate collecting societies and agencies, such as MCPS and PRS.

From there on in we account to the writers every half year, and continue to promote and protect their work.

To find out more about music publishing and to have some of the above terms explained further, why not visit The Music Publisher’s Association at www.mpaonline.org.uk.