MY EXPERIENCE IN DC

Hey guys! Business as usual. Friday night I Drove from Delaware to DC.. The rapper I scheduled to interview, “Shake Dizzy” was a success. He performed @ Trinidad and Tobago club in Northwest DC. SHOUT OUT goes to the club. They showed much love. The Club is located @ 5123 Georgia Ave. It's a Jamaican spot. It was live and full of energy. If you want to get your "wine" on, this is definably the spot for that. Just try to leave before the fights break out. LOL! Overall, It was a great experience. My family came out and showed much love as well. Shout Out to the Dawson’s. Well The interview is still being edited, but it's looking good. Stay tune it should be posted soon..

ON THE ROAD TO DC

FACEZ OF 2MORROW IS INTERVIEWING "SHAKE DIZZY" NEW UP & COMING ARTIST TODAY..STAY TUNE FOR THE RESULTS...

HOW ABOUT THIS?

FACEZ OF 2MORROW magazine is still in working progress. The website has been published. You can view it @ facezof2morrow.com. While I am working on it, I have decided to mail out Newsletters about the magazine. It will keep you inform with all the Artist and people who have been interviewed so far. Also, it will give you abundance of information on the music industry business. If you will like to receive a copy of April 1st issue, please register to the MAILING LIST.

Send your complete address to: facezof2morrow@gmail.com

How to register your song or beats

WinSoms asked a very important and great question. I am no experts, but I am a song writer, producer, and manager and I also record videos so I had to do my Homework and learn how to protect my hard work. To be honest you are never 100% protected, unless you have money to fight back if someone was to take your work…That’s just my opinion. But this is the proper way to copyright your lyrics, songs, beats, etc.

There are a few ways to copyright your music. We all probably know about the “Poor Man’s way,” which is mailing a copy of your work to yourself, but you are not suppose to open the copy. That’s cool if you do not have the money to copyright it with the Library of Congress. However, TECHNICALLY Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work. To register your music with the Copyright Office, you will have proof that you are the owner of the music, but you will also get certain rights when it comes to lawsuits, and benefits for you if you must make a claim for copyright infringement… just in case someone try to use your music without your permission or the right to do so.

Now if you are the owner of both the song composition, as I am, and the sound recording of a song, then you will need to use a Copyright Form SR to register both of these separate elements as one registration. This is sometimes normal when it comes to Producers who write their own music and then record it as a production.

You send your request for a Form SR or PA Application to the Copyright office or you can download the application online www.copyright.gov. The PA Form is for published and unpublished works of the performing arts (musical works and dramatic works, pantomimes and choreographic works, motion pictures and other audiovisual works), use Form PA (Performing Arts). Musical compositions that are recorded on disc or cassettes are works of the performing arts, and should be registered with Form PA. There is a $45 registration fee, but it is well worth it. The address to the Library of Congress is listed below:
Library of Congress
Copyright Office
101 Independence Avenue, S.E
Washington, DC. 20559-6000

Also, it will be good IDEA to register with a publishing company such as; BMI and or ASCAP. I am registered with BMI. I hope I answered your question winSoms.

DON'T BE LEFT BEHIND DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION.

I know you all must be wondering what a daycare center owner have to do with the music Industry businesss??? Well, the reason I chose to interview a business owner is because you may not think of yourself as a business owner, but if you're earning income as a self-employed musician, composer, producer, programmer, and so on, that's essentially what you are. Having a business not only gives you certain tax obligations, but it also opens you up to greater potential liabilities (that is, you're more likely to get sued). I believe a lot of Artist and musicians fail in this business due to lack of knowledge and not understanding the music industry on a business level. This is a Business and no different from any other business. An artist or musician and so on have to develop a marketing strategy just as any local Daycare center services would. An artist or musician, and so on have to promote themselves, just like an other business in a different industry. There are so many legal contracts that you will be asked to sign, and accountants, managers, deals and other business operations that you will come in contact with. Most importantly, you need to learn how to protect your right, music, lyrics, just to name a few. These are serious issues that can put you in a whole if you are not knowledgeable about this Music business. What I am trying to demonstrate is just because you have been born with a talent doesn't mean you don't have to work hard or cheat yourself by not learning the business. I have experienced seeing many artist sign deals that cheat them of their profits. Remember this is a business and no matter who you work with you should always remain professional and business orientated.