Music Glossary
Whether you're a songwriter, artist, publisher or music professional - the business of music and rights is confusing! So we created a glossary to help.
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- Administrator
- Advance
- A&R
- Arrangement
- Author
- Arranger
- CAE Number
- Catalog
- CMO (Collective Management Organization)
- Composer
- Composition (AKA Composition Rights)
- Compulsory License
- Co-Publishing Agreement
- Copyright Registration
- Copyright Royalty Board (CRB)
- Co-Writer
- Cue Sheet
- CWR
- Digital Music Distributor
- Digital Service Provider (DSP)
- Exclusive Songwriter Agreement
- First Use
- Interested Parties
- Interactive Streaming Service
- Interpolation
- ISRC
- IPI Number
- ISWC
- Key Man Clause
- License
- Licensee
- Licensor
- Letter of Direction (LOD)
- Manager (aka Music Manager)
- Master Recording
- Mechanical License
- Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)
- Metadata
- Micro-Sync Royalties
- Music Modernization Act (MMA)
- Music Supervisor
- Neighboring Rights
- Non-Interactive Streaming Service
- Notice of Intention (NOI)
- Parody
- Performance Royalties
- Producer (aka Music Producer)
- Production Music
- Public Performance
- Publisher Share
- Public Domain Song
- Record Label
- Recoupable Advance
- Rights Holder
- Sampling
- Splits
- Shareholder
- Sound Recording
- Sub-Publisher
- Synchronization License (aka “Sync License”)
- Work for Hire
- Writer’s Share
- YouTube Content ID