Doite Media Arts International

October 13, 2021

What are Neighboring Rights?

Why We Wrote This Guide Music Business World reported in 2016 that neighboring rights account for over $2 billion in revenue per year. In today’s music industry, it is vitally important that songwriters, music publishers, record labels, recording artists, and featured artists familiarize themselves with neighboring rights. Contents What Are Neighboring Rights? Terrestrial vs. Digital Public Performance Background / History […]

What is Rights Management?

Why we wrote this guide This guide describes the role of a digital rights manager, the value they provide, and a few signs that you may need rights management representation. The information below highlights the budding significance of rights management services in the digital era and how it’s shaping the future of creative industries around […]

What is a Recording Artist?

Why We Wrote This Guide Recording artists and composers create the foundations of the music industry: compositions and recordings. An understanding of their fundamental positions in the music world is necessary before diving into the detailed inner workings of the industry. We wrote this guide in order to provide readers with a detailed description of what a […]

What is a Record Label?

Why We Wrote This Guide Record labels have been around nearly as long as recorded sound. For years, being signed to a label was thought to be synonymous with “making it” in the music industry. While the internet and digital technology have made it easier for artists to succeed without record labels, they still play […]

Types of Music Releases

Why We Wrote This Guide Albums, singles, LPs, EPs, mixtapes, compilations — the music industry uses a whole host of classifications for commercial releases. As technology evolves away from the original mediums that gave them their names, the definitions have grown convoluted. There are no universal, definitive rules or guidelines for classifying releases. However, by […]

Music Industry Contracts

Why We Wrote This Guide Contracts are the primary tools that entities in the music industry use to enter into business relationships with one another. This makes it important for musicians and business-people alike to have a general sense for how they work. Therefore, the purpose of this guide is to provide a basic overview […]

What is an ISWC?

Why we wrote this guide With thousands of songs being downloaded and streamed across physical and digital mediums, it’s a daunting task to get accurate statistics on music usage. All of this noise in the music marketplace only gets louder as smartphones become the norm in more and more countries each year. To help cut through this noise, the […]