Retrospective #7: An Index of Posts on Michael Acoustic

Posts 25-29 - Copyrights, metadata, publishing admins, distributors, the MLC; a couple of cool interviews; royalties equal money, mostly; practice, warmups, rehearsal and playing, Acapella.

Aug 29, 2022

This is the seventh in a series of posts that “index” some topic groupings over the past year of Michael Acoustic. I’m only including the main Friday posts, not the Thursday “teaser” posts. All posts in chronological order can be found at the Archive.

Post #25 - Copyright everything! Composer rights (two parts: composing rights - you/cowriters and publishing rights - your publishing business entity) did I mention copyrights? Metadata (with suggestions). Publishing adminitrators and distributors. The Mechanilcal Licensing Collective (MLC). Record labels. Lawyers and accountants!

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Admins And Distributors and Labels - Oh, My!!!

Yesterday’s Bonus Round: The subtitle clue was “How long will she wait?” - Answer: “Long, Long Time" is a song written by Gary White. The song was a hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1970 on her album “Silk Purse”. Credit: Wikipedia Last week we began to talk about the question: “I’ve written a song, now what?” and there is a whole list of answers to that. But, …

3 years ago · 1 like · Michael

Posts #26 and #27 - Parts I and II of my interview with Brad Kyle, writer of the fabulous “Front Row and Backstage” SubStack.

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Part I Of My Interview With Brad Kyle

Mr. Brad Kyle has a fascinating and storied career as a DJ, author, sportswriter and film actor. He is one of the people who was “there” with some of the most famous acts in rock, pop, punk, New Wave and other musical styles. His “behind the scenes” backstories of those who were part of that history provide a unique perspective on a dynamic and revolut…

3 years ago · 3 likes · 1 comment · Michael

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Part II Of My Interview With Brad Kyle

Mr. Kyle chronicles the zeitgeist of the 70s and 80s music scene as well as his relationship with the Houston Astros on his brilliant SubStack “Front Row & Backstage” Catch all of his commentary at Brad Kyle on Substack Yesterday’s post, “Part I of my interview with Brad Kyle” is here if you missed it…

3 years ago · 2 likes · Michael

Post #28 - Royalties. Royalties are money, though it’s not simple.

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Treated Like Royalties

Yesterday’s Bonus Round: Nanci Griffith’s cover of the 1976 song written by Ralph McTell “From Clare To Here” on her 1993 album “Other Voices, Other Rooms” tells the story of Irish emigrés in other countries longing for home. We’ve talked about copyrighting your music as a writer or co-writer, and independent publisher, and separately copyrighting a Mast…

3 years ago · 2 likes · 1 comment · Michael

Post #29 - Practicing, rehearsing, warmups, playing with others on Acapella (including an Acapella I did with some VERY talented musicians). Some links.

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Practice Is Play!

Yesterday’s Bonus Round: Dar Williams is Dorothy Snowden "Dar" Williams, an American pop folk singer-songwriter from Mount Kisco, New York. Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker has described Williams as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters." Credit: Wikipedia…

3 years ago · 2 likes · Michael

Cheers and keep playing!

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Retrospective #7: An Index of Posts on Michael Acoustic

Posts 25-29 - Copyrights, metadata, publishing admins, distributors, the MLC; a couple of cool interviews; royalties equal money, mostly; practice, warmups, rehearsal and playing, Acapella.

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