These artists will go on to collect revenue from touring, merchandise, brand partnerships, and many other revenue streams, while the songwriters have only their publishing revenue as a means of income. Over the last few years, there has been a growing number of artists that are demanding publishing on songs they did not write. By the time of release, a song has been touched not just by the artist, but by songwriters, producers, mixers, engineers, record labels, publishers, managers and more. Behind most songs, there is a story of collaboration. The beauty of the music industry is that it operates at its best as an ecosystem.
songwriter Plested, who has worked with Lewis Capaldi and Little Mix, posted to Instagram after signing The Pact’s open letter. “We are simply asking that we give credit where credit is due and only take credit where credit is earned,” U.K. And last August, the Copyright Royalty Board’s proposed 44% increase for publisher and songwriter streaming royalty rates was vacated by an appeals court - a victory for DSPs including Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and YouTube. Investment companies like Merck Mercuriadis‘ Hipgnosis are spending billions to acquire publishing catalogs (resulting in a quick payday for songwriters). This effort arrives when songwriters - and their catalogs - are under a brighter spotlight than ever. The Pact is a newly formed organization, which debuted over the weekend posting as Instagram declaring it was “time to make some changes” for the betterment of songwriters. (“Emily is the one that has really fucking led the charge here so this moment can actually happen,” Tranter tells Billboard.) Collectively, those songwriters have worked with artists including Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Lorde and more. Within two hours of the letter going live, songwriters including Warren - who sources say spearheaded the effort - Tranter, Golan, Victoria Monet, Tayla Parx, Joel Little and many others signed. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.Star Track, The Next Generation: What Do Major Catalog Sales Mean For Younger Artists? The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. There was no phone listing at Ronald Marquez’s address.Ĭopyright 2007 The Associated Press. The mother was not arrested, but police will consider criminal charges, Tranter said.
Tranter declined to identify Marquez’s daughter and granddaughter but said they lived in the house with Marquez. The cause of death was not immediately known, and autopsy results probably will not be available for several weeks, Tranter said. He could not be revived and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Marquez was placed in handcuffs after a struggle with officers and initially appeared normal, but then stopped breathing, Tranter said. The girl was freed and passed through the door to the relative, Tranter said. The officers forced open the door enough for one to enter, leading to a struggle in which an officer used a stun gun on Marquez, Tranter said.Īfter the initial stun had no visible effect, another officer squeezed into the room and stunned him. Officers arrived at the house Saturday and entered when they heard screaming coming from a bedroom, Tranter said.Ī bed had been pushed up against the door the officers pushed it open a few inches and saw Marquez choking his bloodied granddaughter, who was crying in pain and gasping, Tranter said.Ī bloody, naked 19-year-old woman who police later determined to be Marquez’s daughter and the girl’s mother was in the room, chanting “something that was religious in nature,” Tranter said. “The purpose was to release demons from this very young child,” said Sgt. The relative who called police said an exorcism had also been attempted Thursday. The 3-year-old girl and her mother, who was also in the room during the struggle between 49-year-old Ronald Marquez and officers, were hospitalized, police said. PHOENIX (July 29) – Officers responding to a report of an exorcism on a young girl found her grandfather choking her and used stun guns to subdue the man, who later died, authorities said Sunday.