COMBO wants to THANK Dick Weissman and Leigh West of West-Alan Publishing for speaking at our meeting on February 23rd. Dick spoke as to how Music Publishing started and has evolved over the years to beome and almost completely different business than in the beginning. West-Alan Publishing is a Denver-based publishing company that works with songwriters to get their songs recognition.
Dick’s book, “Music Publishing – The Roadmap to Royalties”, co-written with Ron Sobel was featured as our Books and Movies Selection in November 2013. We highly recommend this book to ALL MUSICIANS. It is available through Amazon; prices range from $19.99 to $68.53 depending on whether you purchase it used, new, hardcover or paperback, or as a Kindle version. Believe us, it is worth every penny you spend on it – providing you READ it!
As described in previous COMBO newsletters, Music Publishing – The Roadmap to Royalties is an invaluable guide to generating and protecting royalties and geared toward emerging songwriters and artists. Music publishing – the business of acquiring copyrights and promoting, protecting, and collecting the royalties for music – generates the largest source of income for songwriters and composers.. . The book provides unique REAL WORLD and MYTH-BUSTER sections, offering true, contemporary examples of successes and failures in the world of music publishing. The book reveals how millions of dollars have been earned – and lost – through the management of publishing rights.
West Alan, L.L.C., located in Denver, CO, is an independent licensing and synchronization service that provides up-and-coming Artists and Bands with opportunities to get their music placed in Studio Features, Independent Films, Television Series Shows, Web Series Shows, Video Games, Commercials and other Advertisements, Mobile Devices, and much more. W-A represents a prestigious and exclusive catalog of songs. All of the songs in their catalog must meet specific qualifications to be considered for representation. W-A prides ourselves in the extensive research and documentation of each song in order to guarantee your full right to use the music in your projects. All of our artists/bands are also highly proficient producers and composers who are open to composing original music, jingles and edits for your projects. http://www.westalan.com