Personal Brand & Positioning
How do royalties work when a band releases a cover song?
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01On a cover song, the original songwriter keeps the publishing and songwriting royalties while whoever pays for the recording owns the master — which is why the band retains the recording side of "My Hero." source →
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And it's just naturally what like comes out of us it's time whenever we try to to mold ourselves in a different box it just it's like we're in two left shoes. We always say we're like man it's it can be this hybrid it can be country it can be rock and roll computer and we're like we're just an American band yeah that's what I call it the mayor there was a song about that yeah exactly.
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