Hi All,

As Marc said it:
The idea of giving up your publishing is mostly for FUTURE opportunities. You want ACCESS to the publishers contacts, their staff writers, the artists they have in development. Everything has to be looked at in a much longer perspective. You are working on things today, that are going to be having activity a couple of years or more in the future. So either paying fees, or assigning publishing is the price of admission. And also look at it like this. If a publisher has publishing and publishing is only paid out if a song EARNS royalties, they will work harder on making sure that song is well placed and supported. So that is the INCENTIVE that they have to help you along.

I have been looking into it a lot lately, and agree. Later, after some success, you can talk to your, or another publisher about co-publishing, getting a % of the 50% that the publisher gets. Any, even a little bit of the publishing can add a lot to your profits.

Have a goodun,

John W. Selleck BMI Songwriter
A day without learning is a day lost forever.

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