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If your track uses a sample, keep the clearance paperwork with the song files. The license, the email thread, the invoice.
Distributors and platforms can ask for proof long after release, and a takedown is a lot easier to answer when the documents sit right next to the masters.
No paperwork for a sample you already released? Reach out to the rights holder now rather than later.
Doing a feature for a friend? Put the deal in writing before the session, even if it's one paragraph in an email.
Write down the fee if there is one, the songwriting split, how you'll be credited, and whether they can use your name in promotion.
It takes ten minutes, and you'll both be glad it exists when the song comes out.
XECHO keeps your releases and ownership records in one place. Invite-only beta at xecho-artists.com
If someone offers to get your song on the radio for a fee, ask how it will be disclosed.
In the US, the FCC requires broadcast stations to announce when airplay was paid for and who paid. Payments slipped to someone at a station without that disclosure are what's commonly called payola.
Paid promotion can be legitimate. Make sure it's in writing and out in the open.
XECHO is in invite-only beta for artists and authors. xecho-artists.com
Followers on a platform live by the platform's rules. If an account gets locked or hacked, or the reach drops, that audience can disappear overnight.
An email list is different. It's a direct line to the people who want to hear from you, and you can take it anywhere.
Put a simple signup link in your bio and at your shows, and send something worth opening a few times a year.
XECHO is built so artists keep ownership of their work and their audience. Invite-only beta at xecho-artists.com
Before your next release, search your artist name on the big streaming services.
If someone else already uses it, your song can land on their profile, or theirs on yours, and untangling that after release takes time.
If there's a match, give your distributor the link to your existing artist profile when you upload, or pick a version of your name nobody else is using.
XECHO is built so artists keep ownership of their work. Invite-only beta at xecho-artists.com
Spotify says its upcoming AI covers and remixes tool will be a paid add-on for Premium, that participating artists choose to opt in, and that streams of those remixes pay royalties to the artists and rights holders behind the originals.
Reports say it's aimed at early 2027, but Spotify hasn't announced a date, a price or royalty rates yet.
If your distributor asks you to opt in, ask how your share is calculated and whether you can leave later.
On XECHO, the AI Pledge keeps human and AI revenue in separate pools, so AI streams can't dilute human artist income. Read it at xecho.pro/ai-pledge. Invite-only artist beta at xecho-artists.com
Back Up the Session, Not Just the Song
Most artists keep the final mix somewhere safe. Fewer keep the stems and the project files.
Those are what you'll need for a remix, a sync request that wants an instrumental, or a fix years from now. If they only live on one laptop, one spilled coffee can take them.
Keep two copies in two different places, and label them so you can find a song by name in a year.
The Royalty You Might Be Missing
If you write your own songs and you aren't signed to a publisher or an admin service, there's a royalty stream you might be missing.
In the US, streaming and download services pay mechanical royalties for the songwriting side through The MLC. Self-administered songwriters can join as members, register their songs, and get paid monthly.
It's separate from your PRO and from SoundExchange, so being registered with one doesn't cover the others.
Split Sheets Before Everyone Leaves
The best time to agree on songwriting splits is before anyone leaves the room.
A split sheet lists the song title, everyone who wrote on it, what percentage each person owns, and their contact and publishing details. Everyone signs it the same day.
It feels awkward for about two minutes. Trying to sort it out after the song takes off is a lot worse, and royalties can sit unpaid while people argue.
Read the Lease Before the Drop
Leasing a beat online is a fast way to get a song started. It usually isn't ownership.
A lot of leases are non-exclusive, so the producer can sell the same beat to other artists, and many cap streams or sales. Go past the cap and you may need to upgrade the license.
Read the terms, save a copy with your files, and know where your limit sits before the song takes off.
Two Licenses, One Placement
Getting a recorded song into a film, show, ad or game usually takes two permissions, not one.
A sync license covers the composition, the words and melody, and comes from whoever controls the publishing. A master use license covers the recording itself and comes from whoever owns the master.
If you wrote it, recorded it and own both, you can say yes to both. Know which side you control before an offer shows up.
Happy Halloween to every artist, producer and music lover out there. Turn the lights down, turn the volume up, and make something haunting tonight. #Halloween
Every Recording Gets a Number
Every recording you release should have an ISRC. It's a 12-character code that identifies that specific recording wherever it goes, from downloads to streams.
It identifies the recording, not the song. A remix or a new version gets its own code.
Music services and licensing companies use ISRCs to match tracks, so keep a list of yours alongside your masters and split sheets.
Scariest Clause You've Seen?
Halloween question for artists: what's the scariest clause you've ever seen in a music contract?
Forever terms, rights to work you haven't made yet, splits nobody explained. Leave names out, but tell us what it said.
Every story here is a warning someone else gets to read before they sign.
