CJC Music Associates and Publishing

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Everyone's situation is completely different, so we dont believe in the canned approach. However for certain services we have developed a payment structure according to industry standards.  Please send us your information using our contact form or call us.

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1) Single Song Agreement: A single song deal is an agreement between the writer and the music publisher in which the writer grants certain rights to a publisher for one or more songs. In single song deals, the writer is paid a one-time recoupable advance.

(2) Exclusive Song Writer Agreement ("ESWA"): Under the ESWA or "staff writer" contract, the song writer generally grants all of the publisher’s share of the income to the music publisher. The writer’s services are exclusive to the music publishers for a specified period of time. Thus, any compositions written within that period belong to the music publisher. These deals are usually offered to writers with some degree of success. Because the writer has a track record of writing hits, the publisher feels confident that it will recoup its investment. In return for signing away exclusive rights to some or all the writer’s songs, the writer gets paid by the publisher a negotiated advance against future royalties. The advance amount naturally depends on the writer’s bargaining power and on the competition in marketplace, if any. Under a staff writer deal, the writer is paid on a weekly or quarterly basis. An ESWA can be either tied to a record contract, or independent of a record contract.

(3) Co-publishing Agreement ("Co-pub"): The co-publishing ("co-pub") deal is perhaps the most common publishing agreement. Under this deal, the songwriter and the music publisher are "co-owners" of the copyrights in the musical compositions. The writer becomes the "co-publisher" (i.e. co-owner) with the music publisher based on an agreed split of the royalties. The song writer assigns an agreed percentage to the publisher, usually (but not always), a 50/50 split. Thus, the writer conveys _ of the publisher's share to the publisher, but retains all of writer’s share. In a typical "75/25 co-pub deal," the writer gets 100% of the song writer’s share, and 50% of the publisher’s share, or 75% of the entire copyrights, with the remaining 25% going to the publisher. Thus, when royalties are due and payable, the writer/co-publisher will receive 75% of the income, while the publisher will retain 25%.

(4) Administration Agreement ("Admin"): An administrative agreement takes place between a songwriter/publisher and an independent administrator, or between a writer/publisher and another music publisher. In an "admin deal," the songwriter self-publishes and merely licenses songs to the music publisher for a term of years and for an agreed royalty split. Under this agreement, the music publisher simply administers and exploits the copyrights for another publisher/copyright owner. Only the most popular song writers can even consider asking for an admin deal. Under this coveted arrangement, ownership of the copyright is usually not transferred to the administrator. Instead, the music publisher gets 10-20% of the gross royalties received from administering and exploiting the songs for a certain period of time and for a certain territory.

(5) Collection Agreement: A collection agreement is like an admin deal where the writer retains the copyrights, except that the publisher does not perform exploitation functions; like an accountant or business manager, it merely collects and disburses available royalty income.

(6) Sub-publishing Agreement: These are basically music publishing deals in foreign territories between a US publisher and a publisher in a foreign territory. They are like admin or collection deals (with no ownership of the copyrights being transferred to the sub-publisher), but limited to one or more countries outside the US. Under this publishing deal, the publisher allows the sub-publisher to act on its behalf in certain foreign territories. Often, they are limited to a group of countries, such as European Union (EU), GAS (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Latin America, etc.

(7) Purchase Agreement: Under this agreement, one music publisher acquires in whole or in part the catalogue of another music publisher, sort of like a merger of companies. In this case, a "due diligence" investigation is done to determine the value of the catalog.

For publishing and agent considerations:
Please enclose a letter of request and intent, a hard copy of your book, music* or copyrighted materials and other promotional items you have such as a resume and bio.
***Include your non-refundable $15 submission payment receipt with materials.
Send all items to:
CJC Music Associates and Publishing
Publishing Submissions
PO Box 476  Syracuse, NY 13206
***Materials will not be returned.
***Enclose your submission fee receipt with materials. This fee covers time for us to thoroughly review your material and cover office staff and correspondence expenses. This is a legitimate service, This is not a pay-for-play service. This is a promotional service.
Submission fee is non-refundable.
All submissions will receive correspondence from this office. All submissions will receive a one time air play or mention on CJC Music Radio @ blogtalkradio, on our Twitter, Noteworthy News Blog, Daily Motion,Youtube, Ning, Myspace and Facebook pages and over 50 other social network sites. We will pick from submissions those to be featured stories on our radio show.
No limits to submissions, this allows for you to have many opportunities through out your career.
Sometimes it's just the right timing and the right material that can make a difference! Best of Luck!