HiDee Mz C!

SOME publishers EARN their "50%" & some Don't. So, if you can get Cuts WITHOUT using a Pub'r, more power To Ya! BEING a Publisher means YOU gotta get the Cuts/Cover the Demo Costs, often-enough, & do Whatever It Takes to GET those cuts. THEN comes the Administration Part: Tracking the Income Flow/Protecting Your Co.'s & Writers' Copyrights/Mailing out The Checks/Keepin' the Music Attorneys On-Retainer...etc-etc..WHILE ya continue to Work-Your-Catalogue..AND screen the New, Incoming Material for "Contenders".

My advice, since I've been working towards this for years, is to find a Partner-or-Two, ideally with Better Artist Connections, & let THEM handle SOME of the Duties-Just-Mentioned...IF you wanna continue to be a Writer. Otherwise, my personal guess is you'll get SO busy with All The "Outside Details" a Publisher faces, you'll not be penning MUCH material as the Pub House Takes Off.

Just One Guy's Opinion, &, I wish ya the Best of Luck, whatever way ya wander!

Big Hugs,
Stan