Resources
Events & Workshops
“Be Your Own Publisher” (Workshop/Bootcamp) – 11/5/2011 (12pm-4pm)
From Copyright Basics & Performing Rights, to Licensing, How to find opportunity for your songs, & MORE, this workshop will give you the tools you need to take care of business!
Music Industry Meet & Greet / Plus Keynote Address on Film/Tv Licensing – 11/5/2011 (5pm-7pm)
With special guest David Ivory- GRAMMY-nominated producer / President The Recording Academy/Philadelphia, Mark Schulz- Executive Director, The Recording Academy/Philadelphia, and a KEYNOTE ADDRESS on MUSIC LICENSING & SYNC with Bernie Resnick- Entertainment Attorney
Millennium Music Conference – 2/16/2012 through 2/19/2012
Sherri Mullen / RDSD Publishing will serve as a panelist on the publishing panel for MMC 16! Register now to attend this 3 day event packed with panels and resources that will help you to jump start your music career!
Singer/Songwriter Cape May – 3/30/2012 through 3/31/2012
Sherri Mullen / RDSD Publishing will serve as a panelist for this one of a kind regional music conference geared specifically to singer/songwriters! SS Cape May will feature two afternoons of music business keynotes, panels, songwriting workshops, musician clinics, mentoring & demo listening sessions, exhibits and performance critiques at the historic Congress Hall Hotel & the Harrison Conference Center. Register today!
Performing Rights Management
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers)
Collects and distributes performance royalties on behalf of songwriter and publisher members.
BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.)
Collects and distributes performance royalties on behalf of songwriter and publisher members.)
Collects and distributes performance royalties on behalf of songwriter and publisher members.
Collects & distribute DIGITAL PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES FOR THE MASTER SOUND RECORDING on behalf of featured recording artists, master rights owners, and independent artists who record and own their masters.
Mediaguide uses proprietary digital fingerprinting and watermarking technology to monitor and measure music and advertisement airplay on more than 2500 commercial, non-commercial and college radio stations in over 150 US markets, real time, 24/7.
Neilson Soundscan / Broadcast Data System
Neilson Sound Scan tracks music and music-video product sales as well as radio-station music plays. Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems is the world’s leading provider of performance monitoring for the entertainment industry. Employing a patented, digital-pattern-recognition technology, Nielsen BDS captures in excess of 100 million song performances occurring on more than 2,000 radio, satellite radio, network radio, and music video channels across Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States.
Provides tracking of music used in advertisements by monitoring 18 media: network, cable, spot, syndicated and local cable television; national, local, and trade magazines; newspaper distributed magazines; national and local newspapers; online; radio; outdoor; viral advertising; cinema; alternative media; and inserts and retail circulars.
Copyright, Licensing, & Songwriters Rights
Register your song copyrights here with the United States Library Of Congress!
Issues mechanical licenses on behalf of the Publishers it represents.
Issues mechanical licenses on behalf of Labels & Distributors, Artists, and Music Services it represents.
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)
Songwriting trade organization committed to protecting the rights and future of the profession of songwriting, and to educate, elevate, and celebrate songwriters.
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Chapter of NSAI
Regional NSAI Workshop providing education, networking, and performance opportunities for songwriters in the Harrisburg PA Region!
Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of NSAI
Regional NSAI Workshop providing education, networking, and performance opportunities for songwriters in the Philadelphia/Bethlehem PA Region!