Artist Advice: "The Benefits of Owning Your Publishing" 

I'm keeping my publishing I own my own record lable smartest decision of my life gift that never stop giving this is facts I just moved into my first house. God is good

Publishing is where the real money is at. The money you make as a writer. Can surpass. Greatly surpass the money you can make off the sale of your music

I Got 5 On It sampled Top Billing..."Got It Good" Yo-Yo sampled Top Billing in Mackstress. Milk got a % of those royalties. Music publisher owns the performance rights to the lyrics and music. Which is the copyright to the lyrics and music of a song. Normally, the record label owns the copyright to the sound recording of the music. Which is commonly known as the "masters" or "master recording." If someone samples the sound recording of the song, that person must pay the record label (the owner of the sound recording) for its use. They must also pay the music publisher (the owner of the lyrics and music of the song). The publisher will pay the songwriter and composer of the song. If someone samples the lyrics and music by replaying the music and reciting the lyrics, they do not have to pay the record label. But they will need to pay the music publisher (the owner of the lyrics and music of the song). In both cases, the songwriters and composers will get a share of writer credits for the new song that is using their lyrics and music. Their percentage can be whatever they want. Example: Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz song, De Ja Vu (Uptown Baby) contained a sample. The sample owner got 100% of the writer/publishing of that song. Same stuff happened with Verve's bittersweet symphony. Rolling Stones owns that new song. Because Verve used their sample. When you own the publishing to a song, you will always get paid when someone uses your song. You can be unfair like the rolling stones, etc, and demand all the royalties for the new song, even if they sampled 1% of your song. You can be fair and demand a reasonable %. If they don't like it, they can always remove the sample and not use it for their new song. If you sign over your publishing like George Clinton, you miss out on all those royalties. Dr. Dre, Erick Sermon, and an enormous amount of hip hop producers have sampled Parliment and Funkadelic. Since George Clinton doesnt own his publishing, he missed out on all those royalty opportunities.

Rest in power. You brought a voice to the guys I grew up on. Thank you reggie. Combat jack forever.

RIP Combat Jack

Combat Jack was the man. He knows what I know thus, the video speaks for itself 💯.

Sir mix alot said the same thing about Baby got back. He said his mission wasn't to be a life long rapper. All he said that he needed just one song to stick because he owns every song he's put out. Mix said it himself that Baby Got Back earned him over 100 mil in royalties since the 90s and he's still getting paid.

Publishing and copywright are two different things. You don't need to own a company to add a copywright to a product and owning a company is no guarantee that your product cannot be stolen.

Big respect to Amarudontv

We need this guy alive. He can help the culture more than they can believe

RIP Combat Jack! 🙏🙏🙏

This was an inspiring video. Thank you! 😊👍🏾

Listen young artists..

Thank you for this interview

Combat jack legend 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

This guy is smart,,,

Thank you great video!!!

Rest in Perfect Peace, Combat.

Rip jack 🙏

So why may I ask is Kanye West say he has debt.. don't his songs get sampled? What kind of publishing deal does Kanye have? Not a good one or? I'm intrigued.

I agree with you 💯

Yes but but but how do you get your song into tvshows and films. You have to pay someone to pitch it. Thats what a publishing company does right? To own your own publishing is like starting a publishing company. Its seems like a lot of hard and difficult work to start pitching your song without any network.

So if I write 100% of the lyrics, and the producer creates 100% of the music, how much publishing do we each have?

It must indeed be crazy for lawyers who are fighting for one "side" in one instance, and another side in another scenario.. 😅 Seeing it from both sides of the table too, there's no one-size-fits-all with publishing; some may benefit more from keeping it & others may benefit more from giving it up in exchange for an advance, them being employed as a songwriter and/or the songs being worked for them.. ✍🏾 - @Acharich

great video.

But don't you have to have a deal with a publishing company as well? So how do you actually keep your own publushing?

can an artist give out the license to their own music? I need a license for doing a choreo video

The interviewer forgot to ask, How many royalty checks are you making from other artists work who he did NOT publish/or give credit to through two of the most corrupt agencies in history ASCAP AND BMI???? guess we'll never know.. RIP

How far back can I go to collect?

(And that's why "they" want your publishing)

don't sell_ out,. don't let them pomp u_😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

If u record ur own music get a duplicator

Why would an artist get rid of their publishing?