Zim hip-hop and Zimdancehall music 2019 - (Discussion Thread)
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Queen
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What record label is Sia Babez signed to?
Numero Uno
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I dunno. The credits say ℗ © 2019 Seorsia Jack though.
Queen
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What does "℗ ©" mean?
Black Panther
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It refers to Copyright Symbol P and Copyright Symbol C.
Queen
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You are gonna have to break it down in layman terms. I am not too familiar with the legal side of the music business and intellectual property.
Black Panther
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In music business whenever you see copyright symbol (p) ℗, you should remember these property rights particularly refer to a final produced "sound recording" or what people often mention as the "masters."
You know how sometimes musicians talk about ownership of their "masters" that's basically what they will be conversing about right there.
On the other hand, you may across copyright symbol (c) ©, and this one refers to the "music publishing copyright" which caters to things like lyrics, melody and printed music that are legally recognized as protected intellectual property rights.
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A record label can't manufacture or distribute music without having property rights to a sound recording this is why when a record company signs a new artist they make sure they legally end up with an exclusive license to a sound recording copyright (p) ℗.
For example, when an artist goes into a studio to record new music — a single or an album in a physical or digital medium is what the record label will own for an agreed-upon time or in perpetuity.
In other words, we can put it across by saying a record label owns masters of an album for say X number of years or till forever comes (i.e. in perpetuity).
In addition, a record label will have full rights to sell music on whatever platform they want to. For instance, they can sell music on Apple Music, Google Play Music, Amazon Music, etc you name it.
A record label can also use their sound recording copyrights (p) ℗ to distribute music or to take down copyright violations on contemporary digital platforms such as:
- YouTube Music.
- Apple Music.
- Spotify.
- Soundcloud.
- Amazon Music Streaming Service.
- Deezer
- Digital Files (MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC).
- Physical CDs.
- Vinyl.
- Cassettes.
- etc
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A music publishing copyright © protects the rights of songwriters or music producers from being infringed by third parties without any form of agreed-upon monetary compensation.
For example, if you are a solo musician who makes instrumental music (without vocals) you will be entitled to full ownership of your publishing copyright (c) © unless you have a music publishing deal already put in place.
In the same process, you can actually retain your sound recording copyright ownership too if you aren't signed to a record label. Meaning you will own both your sound recording copyright (p) ℗ and the publishing copyright (c) ©.
However, in the event that you are signed to a record label, there is a high probability that your recording deal will already have assigned future sounding recording copyrights to a record company, whilst all your future publishing copyrights will be assigned to you up until all contractual obligations have been met.
Another scenario is if you happen to be a songwriter then the aforementioned explanation applies to you. But, in the event you decide to collaborate with other musicians then ownership of the music publishing copyright (c) © can be split according to agreed-upon percentages you have written out on your music split sheet.
A music publishing copyright protects legal property rights in the form of:
- Lyrics
- Melody (the beat/music instrumental)
- Printed Music (i.e. sheet music)
- etc
Queen
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So who collects music publishing performance royalties in the Republic of Ireland?
Black Panther
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In the Republic of Ireland, music publishing performance royalties are collected by a performance rights organization (PRO) called Irish Music Rights Organisation (or commonly shortened as IMRO).
In other words, you can think of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) as an equivalent to ASCAP, BMI or SESAC that you would find in the United States.
The Irish Music Rights Organisation collects performance royalties for songwriters and music publishing companies because performance royalties have the writer's share and the publisher's share.
The writer's share is the part of a music publishing copyright that goes to the songwriters from obvious reasons which are quite frankly writing the song (e.g lyrics).
This money is generated when the song is used in Radio, TV, Live Concerts and online interactive or non-streaming services.
So in order for an artist or a band to receive their writer's share of performance royalties in Ireland, it is in their best interest to register with IMRO as a songwriter (or what they call 'writer membership').
On the hand, the publisher's share can be split where the artist gets 50% of the publisher's share given that the artist has a co-publishing agreement with a music publishing company.
This publisher's share in the context of "performance royalties" is the income which comes from sources similar to the writer's shares.
Borrowdale Barron
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Scorpio
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Borrowdale Barron
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Bla Jedza
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No bars. All I heard was an instrumental. Song is super trash ?.
Why do y'all oans don't like Kikky Badass music?
Borrowdale Barron
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Because Tashamiswa and Natasha Muz are actually better female Zim Hip Hop rappers than her.
Scorpio
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This ain’t it chief. It's one of the worst Kikky Badass song ever.
"Body Conversations" directed by Vusa “Blaqs” Hlatshwayo, was a little bit better.
Borrowdale Barron
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Music production isn't for everyone.
I don't get why when almost every Zim socialite gets a little bit of fame the next thing they wanna do is make music.
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