32 Replies to “How Do Songwriters Make Money?”

  2. I just listened to you for the first time. I feel your soul! You are so real in your delivery that you captivate me, your audience. Thank you Barbara! I'm a fan!

  10. I just wrote a song, I knew when it was done this is a selling song. All who have heard it agree….I would like Nora Jones or Eric Clapton to sing it….dreams

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  14. I'm going to be a staff writer I am a performer all my songs on about 3000 songs if you can't agree on everything I have the stuff already ready I am looking to make money and then I put everything from gospel to rock and roll of Funk you name it I got it and yeah I knew as hits go to my page and check me out and you didn't talk to me 803-397-3260 if you need it so you need to talk to me I got what you need it's all about the money but it's all about the people I got the hook it will make you move I've been writing music for ever and I have my own library on gospel R&B rock and roll f*** you name it I got it country western I got some hits

  19. Hey barbara..how do you get your music to the people who can perform your music? Whats that first initial step after you make the music?

  25. Thanks a lot for this informative video. I am a songwriter and I have good songs I want to sell. I am based in Nigeria. How do I get my songs to publishers? I have been a member of ascap for about 10years and I have not made a dyme simply becasue I don't have clues on how how to get started on making money. Please help me. Thanks and God bless.

  30. Since the standard mechanical royalty rate is 9.1 cents per copy sold, you should get 4.05 cents for each download. It is the responsibility of the record company to pay the mechanical royalties to the publisher. In this case, you are your own publisher and, if the artist is not signed with a label, the artist is the record company. Basically I think you're at the mercy of the singer who owes you roughly a dollar for every 25 downloads.

  31. Great video! So PRO's collect performance royalties. Who collects mechanical royalties for songwriters?

    I recently co-wrote 4 songs with an artist/singer. We agreed to split it 50% but did not sign any physical contracts. When the artist copyrighted the songs through the library of congress my name was included. Then that artist recorded those songs with a producer. Then that singer uploaded all of those 4 songs onto iTunes so each song is being sold for 99 cents. How can ensure I get 50%?

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