Charlie XCX TAKES TOP HONORS AT SESAC AWARDS 2014

On May 6th, 2014 in New York City the SESAC Awards  Charli XCX captured top honors at the event, taking home bothSongwriter of the Year and Song of the Year for the hit, "I Love It," as recorded by Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX. "I Love It" topped the charts and went on to sell over 2.6 million downloads, making it one of the biggest hits of 2013.

The show also included stellar performances by American Authors, Rico Love andHezekiah Walker.

One of the evening's major highlights was the presentation of the Visionary Award to Richard Gottehrer of The Orchard. Gottehrer, who started his career penning such classics as "My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy." He went on to co-found Sire Records with Seymour Stein, and established himself as a revered producer for popular acts such as Blondie, the Go-Gos and Joan Armatrading. In 1997, Gottehrer partnered with Scott Cohen to create The Orchard, a major supplier of digital music. Cohen was in attendance to present the award to him.

A complete list of honorees follows:

Songwriter of the Year: Charli XCX

Song of the Year: "I Love It"

Written by Charli XCX

Published by: Sony ATV Sounds

Publisher of the Year: Sony ATV Sounds

Visionary Award: Richard Gottehrer

 "I Love It"

Recorded by: Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX

Songwriter: Charli XCX

Publisher: Sony ATV Sounds

"Scream & Shout"

Recorded by: will.i.am feat. Britney Spears

Songwriter: Jaylien Wesley

Publisher: Jada Loves Daddy's Musik

"Love More"

Recorded by: Chris Brown feat. Nicki Minaj

Songwriter: Darrell "Keyz" Eversley, Howard "Haydock" Eversley & Shaun "SJ" Spearman

Publisher(s): Lost On Campus, No Orientation & Underclassman Music

"Poetic Justice"

Recorded by: Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake

Songwriter: Elijah "Scoop Deville" Molina

Publisher: Elijah Molina Music

"Loveeeeeee Song"

Recorded by: Rihanna feat. Future

Songwriter: Denisia "Blu June" Andrews

Publisher(s): Bu Music Publishing LLC, Denisia Andrews Songs & Universal Tunes

"Swimming Pools (Drank)"

Recorded by: Kendrick Lamar

Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam

Publisher: Sony ATV Sounds & Kromatik Music

"Rich As F**k"

Recorded by: Lil Wayne feat. 2 Chainz

Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam

Publisher: Sony ATV Sounds & Kromatik Music   

"Lover Of The Light"

Recorded by: Mumford & Sons

Songwriter(s): Edward Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford

Publisher: Universal-PolyGram Intl Tunes, Inc.

"Ball"

Recorded by: T.I. feat. Lil Wayne

Songwriter(s): Eric D. Goudy II aka EII, Earl Hood & Rico Love

Publisher(s): E. Hood 66 Music, Sony ATV Sounds, Grandmas Boy & Rico Love Is Still A Rapper

"Beat It"

Recorded by: Sean Kingston feat. Chris Brown

Songwriter: Chris Constantine

Publisher: C Breeze Ent.

"Ain't Worried About Nothing"

Recorded by: French Montana

Songwriter: Eric D. Goudy II aka EII, Earl Hood & Rico Love

Publisher(s): E. Hood 66 Music, Sony ATV Sounds, Grandmas Boy, Rico Love Is The Best Rapper Alive & WBM Music Corp.

"A Couple Of Forevers"

Recorded by: Chrisette Michele

Songwriter: Chrisette Michele

Publisher(s): Chrisette Michele LLC, Sony ATV Sounds & Four Kings Publishing

"Stand Up"

Recorded by: All That Remains

Songwriter(s): Philip LeBonte, Oliver Herbert & Michael Martin

Publisher(s): Bardic Lore Music, Full Bladder Music, Meathead Music & Tunes of R and T Direct

"Work B**ch"

Recorded by: Britney Spears

Songwriter: Anthony Preston

Publisher: Kinda Silly Publishing

"LoveHate Thing"

Recorded by: Wale feat. Sam Dew

Songwriter: Sam Dew

Publisher: By the Chi Publishing & Sony/ATV Sonata

"Hollow"

Recorded by: Alice In Chains

Songwriter: Jerry Cantrell

Publisher: Roosters Son Publishing

"Every Praise"

Recorded by: Hezekiah Walker

Songwriter: Hezekiah Walker

Publisher(s): Lil Eva Music & Luv Ki Music

"I Will Wait"

Recorded by: Mumford & Sons

Songwriter(s): Edward Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford

Publisher: Universal-PolyGram Intl Tunes, Inc.

"Heart Attack"

Recorded by: Trey Songz

Songwriter: Rico Love

Publisher(s): Sony ATV Sounds & Rico Love Is Still A Rapper

"Wild Ones"

Recorded by: Flo Rida feat. Sia

Songwriter: Jacob Luttrell

Publisher(s): Artist Publishing Group East & LSLX Music

Rico Love takes top Honors at the 17th Annual SESAC POP AWARDS

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On May 14th, 2013 in New York City the SESAC Pop Awards  Rico Love received the title of Songwriter of the Year for the third year in a row. Rico Love captured top honors at the event taking home both Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year awards for his hit, "Heart Attack" recorded by Trey Songz. 

Daniel Glass, renowned CEO and Founder of Glassnote Records was one of the evening's many highlights receiving the "Visionary Award".Glass is known for recognizing and cultivating talent before anyone else. Glass launched Glassnote Entertainment Group in 2007, which encompasses a thriving music label, publishing company and merchandising arm. Under the guide, inspiration, and vision of Glass, Glassnote Records has gone on to identify and develop internationally successful artists including the Grammy Award-winning groups Mumford & Sons and Phoenix, as well as Two Door Cinema Club, Childish Gambino, The Temper Trap and many more notable artists.  

A complete list of honorees follows:

Songwriter of the Year:

Rico Love

Song of the Year:

"Heart Attack

Written by Rico Love

Published by: Sony ATV Sounds, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper

Publisher of the Year:

Sony ATV Sounds

Visionary Award:

Daniel Glass

Video Performance Award:

PSY   

"4 AM"

Recorded by: Melanie Fiona

Songwriter: Rico Love, Earl Hood, Eric Goudy II

Publisher(s): Sony ATV Sounds, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper, E Hood 66 Music, Grandmas Boy

"Finally Found You"

Recorded by: Enrique Iglesias feat. Sammy Adams

Songwriter: Jacob Luttrell

Publisher(s): LSLX Music, Artist Publishing Group East

"Gangnam Style"

Recorded by: Psy

Songwriter: Psy

Publisher(s): Universal Tunes, Sony ATV Sounds

"Heart Attack"

Recorded by: Trey Songz

Songwriter: Rico Love

Publisher(s): Sony ATV Sounds, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper

"I Can Only Imagine"

Recorded by: David Guetta feat. Chris Brown & Lil Wayne

Songwriter: Jacob Luttrell

Publisher(s): LSLX Music, Artist Publishing Group East

"I Will Wait"

Recorded by: Mumford & Sons

Songwriter(s): Ben Lovett, Ted Dwane, Marcus Mumford, Winston Marshall

Publisher: Universal-PolyGram Intl Tunes Inc 

"Cough Syrup"

Recorded by: Young The Giant

Songwriter(s): Ehson Hashemian, Eric Cannata, François Comtois, Jacob Tilley, Sameer Gadhia

Publisher(s): Ehson Hashemian, EricC Publishing, The Jakes, Jacob Tilley, Mi Fiammetta Inc., Robot of the Century Tunes

"Let's Talk"

Recorded by: Omarion feat. Rick Ross

Songwriter(s): Omarion

Publisher: Mr Granberry OS Music, Sony ATV Sounds

"Mr. Wrong"

Recorded by: Mary J. Blige feat. Drake

Songwriter(s): Rico Love

Publisher(s): Sony ATV Sounds, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper

"Next Breath"

Recorded by: Tank

Songwriter: Sammie

Publisher(s): Sammies Music Library

"Sabotage"

Recorded by: Wale feat. Lloyd

Songwriter: A. Nolan Kramer, Daniel Friedman, Samuel Dew 

Publisher(s): Fat Bread Publishing, Nickel Muse, By the Chi Publishing  

"Sweet Love"  

Recorded by: Chris Brown feat. Wiz Khalifa & Big Sean  

Songwriter: Nate "Danja" Hills  

Publisher: Danjahandz Muzik 

"Till I Die"

Recorded by: Chris Brown feat. Wiz Khalifa & Big Sean

Songwriter: Nate "Danja" Hills

Publisher: Danjahandz Muzik

"Touch'N You"

Recorded by: Rick Ross feat. Usher

Songwriter(s): Rico Love

Publisher(s): Rico Love Is Still A Rapper, Sony ATV Sounds

"Turn Up The Music"

Recorded by: Chris Brown

Songwriter(s): Alexander Palmer, Harvey Mason, Jr.  

Publisher(s): Fuego Songs Publishing, BMG Silver Songs US, Multisongs

"Wild Ones"

Recorded by: Flo Rida feat. Sia

Songwriter: Jacob Luttrell

Publisher(s): LSLX Music, Artist Publishing Group East

"Bottoms Up"

Recorded by: Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj

Songwriter: Milton "Track Dealer" James

Publisher(s): iHip Hop Music, Track Stash Publishing

"Just A Kiss"

Recorded by: Lady Antebellum

Songwriter: Hillary Scott

Publisher(s): Sony ATV Sounds, Hillary Dawn Songs

"I'm On One"

Recorded by: DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne

Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam

Publisher(s): Kromatik Music, Sony ATV Sounds

"Make Me Proud"

Recorded by: Drake feat. Nicki Minaj

Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam

Publisher: Sony ATV Sounds, Kromatik Music

"Motivation"

Recorded by: Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne

Songwriter: Rico Love

Publisher(s): Sony ATV Sounds, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper

"Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"

Recorded by: Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris

Songwriter: Jacob Luttrell

Publisher(s): LSLX Music, Artist Publishing Group East

"Lotus Flower Bomb"

Recorded by: Wale feat. Miguel

Songwriter: Samuel Dew

Publisher: By the Chi Publishing

"Without You"

Recorded by: David Guetta feat. Usher

Songwriter: Rico Love

Publisher(s): Sony ATV Sounds, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper

Established in 1930, SESAC is a service organization created to assist both the creators of music and music users through timely, efficient royalty collection and music licensing. SESAC maintains a diversified repertory that includes virtually all genres of music. Headquartered in Nashville, the company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami and London (www.sesac.com).

Photo: (L to R)- Hip-Hop artist and producer, Swizz Beatz; R&B singer and member of Destiny's Child, Michelle Williams; Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year recipient, award winning producer and songwriter, Rico Love. (Photo credit: Shawn Ehlers) 

2011 SESAC Awards

On May 11^th, 2011 Entertainment Linx attended the 2011 SESAC Awards. Among the artists and award winners in attendance Rico Love took home the title of Songwriter of the year. In case you aren't familiar with the name, his resume includes Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams”, Usher’s “There Goes My Baby”, and “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)”.

Hillary Scott of the group Lady Antebellum also took home top honors winning Song of the Year for Lady Antebellum's “Need You Now.” The song is now over triple platinum and was at the top of the Billboard charts for 5 consecutive weeks.

Others in attendance included Bryan-Michael cox, Chrisette Michele, and Traci Hale just to name a few.

Established in 1930, SESAC is a service organization created to serve both the creators of music and music users through music licensing and timely, efficient royalty collection and distribution. The second oldest and fastest growing performing rights organization in the U.S., SESAC is known for its diversified repertory that includes genres ranging from Adult Contemporary, Urban, Jazz, Rock, Americana, Contemporary Christian, Latin, Country, Gospel, Dance, Classical and New Age. For more information on SESAC and their history visit their website, at http://www.sesac.com/About/History.aspx


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By Chris Pizzolo and Maurice Willis

How Do Musicians Get Paid When The Music Is Played On Pandora or Sirius Radio

Musicians MUST REGISTER with SoundExchange in order to get paid royalties from digital performances. Digital performances include having songs played on Pandora or Sirius Radio. I know that you might think that being registered with ASCAP, BMI or SESAC covers this, but it doesn’t. Separate registration with SoundExchange is required to collect royalties when your music is played on digital and satellite music providers.

SoundExchange pays royalties to performers and copyright owners. If you own your own track and play on it, then you get paid twice.

The only catch is that Musicians, performers and copyright owners must be proactive in registering with SoundExchange to collect their money.

–>Register with SoundExchange –> http://www.soundexchange.com/

p.s. if you haven’t already submitted your music to Pandora or Sirius Radio here is the contact info for that too. http://www.pandora.com/corporate/contact.shtml & http://www.sirius.com/contactus

-Vanessa Kaster

Source: http://blog.artistshousemusic.org/post/1544479375/how-do-musicians-get-paid-when-the-music-is-played-on

Steams of Revenue: How Songwriters Make Money

Music is everywhere. You turn on your tv, see a youtube video or turn on the radio and hear a famous artist performing a song. But who makes money when the public hears or sees a performance?

It is a common misperception to think that the artist you see or hear is making all of the money from that song. In the pop world, especially, this is not true. Don’t get me wrong, the famous artist probably has more money than you or I could ever dream of. However, the main revenue streams come from songwriting. Oftentimes, pop stars do not write their own songs. Songwriting for bands or artists can bring in huge amounts of money. The main areas of revenue from songwriting come from mechanical royalties, performance royalties and synchronization licenses.

Suppose you write a song and a major artist (for this post let’s use Justin Timberlake) decides he wants to record your song and put in on his next album. If your song has never been released to the public his label will have to pay you a First Use Mechanical License. This gives Mr. Timberlake the right to be the first person to reproduce and distribute your song. The rate for a First Use is negotiable and varies widely. You have to weigh the exposure of being on Justin Timberlake’s next album vs. your leverage in getting paid. But, keep in mind; this will not be your only source of revenue. Let’s say you and Timberlake’s label settle on $15,000 for the First Use right (this could be and probably is higher or lower).

So, you now have $15,000 in your pocket but cannot be the first one to record and release your own song. That tradeoff is up to you. Let’s assume you think it is worth it. What other sources of revenue streams can you now expect from this song?

First off, for every copy of the song reproduced you should receive 9.1 cents. Usually, this is only paid on each copy sold (digital or physical). So, for every album sold you should received 9.1 cents. If your song happens to be the single or a hit, chances are your song will sell digitally as a single more than the entire album. So, for every 99 cent download you should receive 9.1 cents. If the single or single and album combined sell 1,000,000 you should receive $91,000. Not bad. Not bad at all. Keep in mind that label contracts and tricky accounting can lower these numbers. However, the 9.1 cent rate is set by the government.

Another lucrative source of revenue is from synchronization licenses. Every time a song is placed with a visual (think on a tv show, in a video game or in a movie) the writer and publisher must grant a synchronization license. This is a negotiated rate. A hit movie can pay in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for a theme song or a song that plays in the climax of a movie. A television show will pay less but this difference can be made up in performance royalties.

Did someone say performance royalties? Yes. In addition to getting paid to have your song in a movie or television show you will also receive money each time the tv show airs, the movie is shown outside the U.S. or shown on tv. Lastly, if your song is a single and receives radio airplay or is played on the internet you will receive performance royalties. All of these performance royalties are collected and distributed by performance rights organizations. In the U.S. we have three; ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.

As you can see being a songwriter can be a very lucrative business. You will have access to multiple revenue streams. Think of the writers of the song “Toxic” by Britney Spears. She did not write that song. However, every time it aired on MTV or radio the writers received performance royalties; every time her album sold or someone bought “Toxic” the writers received a mechanical royalty. If anyone wanted to use the song in a video game, movie or tv show , the writers would get paid multiple times. Also, if any cover versions are done the writers would receive mechanical royalties. I really wish I wrote that song.

Protecting yourself as a songwriter is not an easy proposition. Seek counsel if anyone wants to buy your song or if you are going start publishing your own material.

Source: http://lawyer4musicians.com/2010/08/22/steams-of-revenue-how-songwriters-make-money/