PMA Resources
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 Calls Out Harmful Licensing Practices of Discovery Networks
Status update: Discovery reached out to us yesterday and stated that they would like to assure the music community that they are committed to providing compensation to music providers for music in Discovery programming, that they will be continuing to operate under the PRO model for all current and past programming and that music providers will continue receiving royalties through the PRO’s for such programming. They also stated that they will evaluate new programs on a case-by-case basis based on the creative needs of the programs.
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 […]