WHO SHOULD THINK ABOUT STARTING THEIR OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY?
Besides the obvious profit potential, which is attractive to anyone seeking a good business to start, there are several situations that make setting up a publishing company a natural move: • Songwriters may want greater control over their own copyrights, as well as earn more money from their use. • New songwriters may want to short-circuit frustrations of trying to get publishers to accept their work. • Writers with a co-writer who does well as his own publisher and where you can negotiate a portion of the rights for your own company. (NOTE: If your co-writer is a staff writer with a major company, you may find this very difficult unless you also have great contacts and are aggressive about pitching your songs). • Record producers and recording artists may want to own some of the copyrights that they record. • Artists’ managers, music business attorneys, or accountants may want to handle clients’ songs. • Record labels should want to publish songs they release that aren’t already signe
