SoundCloud’s Director of Music Licensing talks unclaimed royalties and publishing deals

Bina 'Bob' Mistry has over two decades of industry experience in copyright. From working at PRS for Music, Apple Music, Warner Chappell, and Peloton, she is all too familiar with the legal and financial worries of creators in the music industry.

Now Director of Music Licensing at SoundCloud and founder of music:defined, her own music business consultancy, Bina has enlightening, practical advice for songwriters.

In this not-to-be-missed episode, Bina sheds light on:

- How the publishing industry is more accessible than before
- How to register your music as a songwriter
- What the different types of royalties are
- How to know when you need an artist manager
- When you should look for a publishing deal
- How songwriters can figure out if they’ve got unclaimed royalties
- What’s stopping songwriters from getting syncs
- Why publishers are more active than they used to be
- How creators can be more informed about publishing

Useful links:

- Bina’s music business consultancy music:defined
https://www.musicdefined.co.uk/
www.instagram.com/musicdefineduk/

- British music publishing rights collective PRS for Music (including PRS and MCPS) https://www.prsformusic.com/

- British music recording rights collective PPL
https://www.ppluk.com/

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