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For nearly a decade, SONA's focus has been to provide reliable information from expert sources about the fast-changing music industry.
For nearly a decade, SONA's focus has been to provide reliable information from expert sources about the fast-changing music industry.
They formed the soundtrack of my life. Carole. Aretha. Dolly. Stevie. Joni. Carly. Ellie. Chrissie. Cynthia. Laura. Karla. These women songwriters, with their stellar bodies of work, made unforgettable names for themselves. So much so that we’re actually able to identify them on a first name basis.
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SONA’s attorney, mentor, and “kraken”, Dina LaPolt gives an inspiring TED-talk on how songwriters became the most vulnerable members of the music creator community and what can be done to protect them and uphold the value of...
READ MOREThe Black Music Action Coalition has issued a report on representation for Blacks and other people of color in mainstream country music, and, probably unsurprisingly to anyone who has followed the genre and some of its attendant racial controversies, the picture painted isn’t a pretty one.
The artist claims MBK Entertainment is dictating her career decisions past the point allowed under state law.
Introducing Music Publishing in the Age of the Songwriter, a new report from Synchtank.
If enacted, the bill will make it would harder to use rap lyrics as evidence – a tactic that critics say is unfair and discriminatory.
After collaborating with Diana Ross and Jon Batiste, the artist dishes about pulling herself up by the bootstraps and how she's paying it forward with The Songwriter Fund
What happens when lyrics are used as evidence in a criminal trial?
The Black Music Action Coalition has issued a report on representation for Blacks and other people of color in mainstream country music, and, probably unsurprisingly to anyone who has followed the genre and some of its attendant racial controversies, the picture painted isn’t a pretty one.
The artist claims MBK Entertainment is dictating her career decisions past the point allowed under state law.
Introducing Music Publishing in the Age of the Songwriter, a new report from Synchtank.
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