Selling Sheet Music

Miriam Lord is the Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education for the United States Copyright Office. In that role, she is an expert copyright attorney and one of four primary legal advisors to the Register of Copyrights. She oversees the Office’s work to make the copyright system as accessible and understandable to as many people as possible.   Before joining the Office, Lord was the Director of the Global Intellectual Property Academy at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office within the Office of Policy and International Affairs, providing domestic and international intellectual property capacity-building and technical assistance for education policy and programs. She has also served as co-lead of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Equity Council’s Gender Committee. Previously, she was the Director of the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts which provides under-resourced inventors, artists, start-ups, and creative nonprofits with legal assistance.   USCO Resources What Musicians Should Know about Copyright webpage USCO Handout: Sampling, Interpolations, Beat Stores and More: An Introduction for Musicians Using Preexisting Music USCO Handout: How Songwriters, Composers, and Performers Get Paid USCO Handout: Copyright Registration at a Glance Standard Application for registering an individual sound recording or musical work. Group Registration of Unpublished Works for registering up to ten unpublished works all by the same author and the author is the claimant. Group Registration of Works on an Album of Music for registering up to twenty musical works or twenty sound recordings if the works are created by the same author or have at least one common author, and if the claimant for each work in the group is the same. USCO resources in Spanish: https://copyright.gov/espanol/ Contact the USCO in English or Spanish for assistance or to request a speaker: Contact Form and Speaker Request Form Learn more about the Copyright Claims Board: Copyright Small Claims and the Copyright Claims Board and ccb.gov --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

It's Day Five of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! It's also the 50th episode of Selling Sheet Music! To mark both occasions, JW Pepper's Isaac Brooks takes over the reigns as our first guest host, interviewing Garrett about his experiences as a composer and podcaster. New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a ⁠⁠MyScore⁠⁠ account today! --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

It's Day Four of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Jennifer Moorhatch and Kelsey Hendler are two of the choral and classroom editors for JW Pepper, responsible for evaluating new music from publishers and deciding how and where that music gets promoted. New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a ⁠MyScore⁠ account today! --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

It's Day Two of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Today I'm talking to Liam Thomas, MyScore Lead, about the new MyScore website and composer interface that is in the process of being rolled out and what composers can do to take advantage of it, including making better recordings. New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a ⁠MyScore⁠ account today! --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

It's Day One of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Today we are on location at Pepper HQ in Pennsylvania with Liam Thomas, Kyra McEntee, and Isaac Brooks, otherwise know as Team MyScore. They are the awesome folks working behind the scenes answering e-mails, editing products, and doing everything else that needs to happen to keep the program running! New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a MyScore account today! --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. ---Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Dr. Rob Deemer is head of composition at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the creator of the Institute for Composer Diversity.  We had a great conversation about learning to compose, presenting your music in an effective way, and many of the trends happening in composition today, including the relationship between composers and ensembles, as well as issues of diversity and inclusion in programming. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Today’s guest is Philedelphia based composer Melissa Dunphy.  She is an award winning composer of vocal, chamber, and choral music, and is involved in many different initiatives advancing and advocating for the needs of composers and artists, as well as, believe it or not, arcaheology.  Our conversation was a little bit all over the map but kept coming back to this idea of things composers don’t get taught in school that they need to know.   Google results for Melissa will turn up many other video and podcast appearances where she shares invaluable information for composers and I’m very grateful to now add this episode to the list and be sure to stick around to the end of the episode to hear two examples of her recent work. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Today’s guest is Brittain Ashford, executive director of the Music Publishers Association, a trade organization focused on education and advocacy of issues pertaining to music publishing and print music.  Their website, mpa.org has a wealth of free information and resources pertaining to copyright as well as information about their partnerships with other music organizations.  We had a great conversation about the work of the MPA, the things self publishers need to know about copyright, and the massive debt we, as a society, owe to the player piano. Copyright Resources for Music Educators --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Known as the Father of Contemporary Acappella, Deke Sharon is the man responsible for bringing contemporary a cappella music into the mainstream.  Perhaps best known as the music producer for the Pitch Perfect Trilogy and NBC’s The Sing Off, which launched the career of the now multi-platinum Grammy winning group Pentatonix. He has also written more than 2,000 a cappella arrangements and created many of the organizations that are fundamental to contemporary a cappella today. Click HERE and use the code “4S24ACAPELLA” to get 30% off Deke's newest book: A Cappella Arranging 2.0 --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

The past two years have seen enormous growth and development at ArrangeMe, and today on the show Scott Harris is here to break it all down and talk about the future of the program. We hit all the big topics: the acquisition of Hal Leonard by Muse Group, the expanded distribution of ArrangeMe titles through the Pass Program, the redesign of the Sheet Music Plus website, Artificial Intelligence, and much more! Join the world's largest self-publishing community at ⁠⁠⁠ArrangeMe.com⁠⁠⁠ today. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Scott Harris, program director of Hal Leonard's ArrangeMe is back on the show to introduce ArrangeMe PRO, a new subscription which unlocks new features for users including a higher royalty rate, expanded distribution on the InStore network, publisher profile pages, and more! Join the world's largest self-publishing community at ⁠⁠ArrangeMe.com⁠⁠ today. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Today I’m talking with Nikki Loney, the founder and CEO of Full Voice Music whose mission is to challenge teachers to redefine what a singing lesson looks like for a child.  She shares her story of what it was like starting the company and how she overcame obstacles to become a leading figure in young children’s vocal music education.  She is also the host of the Full Voice Podcast, available on all the major podcast platforms and publishes original songs, workbooks, and other music at fullvoicemusic.com. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

My guest today is Oriol Lopez Calle, the founder and CEO of My Sheet Music Transcriptions. He tells the story about how he turned his side job of transcribing music into a remarkable company that has since delivered more than 30,000 transcriptions to clients. This conversation is full of important lessons for anyone starting a business, transcribing music, or using notation software.--- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Dirkjan van Groningen is a professional, drummer, percussionist, composer and arranger from The Netherlands. He's the owner of Percussion Books, Show & Marching Music and Band Music Center.  We had a really great discussion about the differences in band music between Europe and the United States, as well as what he’s learned as someone working on both sides of the ocean. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

This week I am *on location* in the Nashville office of Musicnotes.com to talk with the hosts of their brand new podcast "Behind the Notes," Lucas Koehler and Jillian Shively! In addition to their podcasting duties, Lucas works for Musicnotes as a Product Management Specialist and Jillian as a Content & Production Assistant. They had a lot of great insights to share from their years of helping composers (like myself) publish their music. Composers, Arrangers, and Songwriters can visit the Musicnotes Marketplace to sell their scores on the Musicnotes website, and artists on YouTube can also look in to becoming a Musicnotes Signature Artist. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

This week's episode is a refresher on how to self-publish sheet music for those wanting to learn how to do it on their own! If you're a student or new to the podcast this is a great place to start! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Today I have the privilege of welcoming percussionist and composer Dave Black to the podcast for the first of a two-part series. He is the former Vice President of Alfred Music where he worked for 35 years in a variety of roles including Editor-Chief of school and pop publications. He is also one of the best selling percussion authors in the world with combined sales of over two million units. In today’s episode we talk about the do’s and don’ts of submitting music to publishers. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Today I have the privilege of welcoming percussionist and composer Dave Black to the podcast for the first of a two-part series. He is the former Vice President of Alfred Music where he worked for 35 years in a variety of roles including Editor-Chief of school and pop publications. He is also one of the best selling percussion authors in the world with combined sales of over two million units. In today’s episode we talk about the do’s and don’ts of submitting music to publishers. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

Today I’m talking to Jon Burr, an accomplished bassist, composer, Finale expert, and founder of arrangerforhire.com.  We had a great conversation about a lot of practical things musicians sometimes overlook or take for granted and I’m excited for you to hear it. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support

My guest today, trombonist and arranger Christopher Bill, is the most subscribed brass musician on YouTube.  His all-trombone content has amassed more than 85 million views and over 500,000 followers.  He is an active educator on the trombone festival circuit and publishes sheet music of his arrangements on his website classical trombone.com.  I really admire the approach he’s taken with his career and he had a lot of things to say that I think will be extremely helpful to anyone trying to build an audience online.  We also talk about what it really means to go viral, how to take advantage of vertical video, and at the end of the episode we’ll listen to two of his arrangements. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-breeze/support