PMA Resources
The PMA Urges Members To Take Action on AB5
Many of you are aware of the recent CA AB5 legislation that took effect January 1, 2020. This legislation has severe implications for musicians and composers working in California and arguably makes it more difficult for many of them to earn a living. By placing unrealistic, arbitrary and burdensome requirements on employers who want to engage their services, including but not limited to production music libraries, this legislation has the potential to inflict great damage on the music industry in this state.
The Cost of Going Performance-Free
Performance-free licensing threatens to dramatically reduce the value of music for the entire community.
What Do Production Music Publishers Actually Do?
What do production music publishers actually do? Having great music is just the beginning. Here's what it now takes to be successful.
PMA’s Update on Discovery Networks & Performance Rights
Some very good news. We have been informed today by Discovery Networks that in regard to performance rights, Discovery has decided that their US channels will remain operating as is under the traditional PRO performing rights model. The PMA would like to personally thank Shawn White and everyone at Discovery for this decision. We and greatly appreciate this and look forward as a community to working together with Discovery to provide their programming with the best quality music possible.
Production Music Is a Billion-Dollar Business
Production music is a $1 billion global industry “hidden in plain sight” that is ready for its close-up. More info can be found here.
The Production Music Conference
Join us 9/23 – 9/26/2019 for the 6th Annual Production Music Conference at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. More information available at pmamusic.com/pmc2019
DON’T GIVE IT AWAY
DON’T GIVE IT AWAY Why it’s in your interest to obtain a fair value for your sync license by Joe Saba
[Disclaimer: The PMA in no way encourages discussion among its members regarding specific […]
BROAD GRANT OF RIGHTS
BROAD GRANT OF RIGHTS BE INFORMED WHEN NEGOTIATING: AVOID BROAD GRANTS OF RIGHTS In negotiating with television networks over the use of your music, you should be very aware that the networks are […]
EPHEMERAL USE AND PRODUCTION MUSIC: JUST THE FACTS
EPHEMERAL USE AND PRODUCTION MUSIC: JUST THE FACTS In the production music business, we tend to take sync fees for granted; we assume that if a client wants to use our music, they need […]
CREATIVE VALUE
CREATIVE VALUE As creative people and owners of creative content, how do we value what we do? You know what I mean – how do we put a […]