Understanding How Digital & Physical Mechanical Royalties Work

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Serona Elton serves as Head of Educational Partnerships for The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC). In this role, Elton directs The MLC’s efforts to engage future members of the music industry currently studying music business and related subjects at colleges and universities across the country and around the world. 

With extensive experience as a music industry professional and educator, Elton is also a professor and Director of the Music Industry Program at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. In 2023, she was named Music Business Educator of the Year by the Music Business Association. She is also a Yamaha Master Educator.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

07:30 Changes in Mechanical Licensing

21:21 Releasing Co-Written Songs

25:06 Introduction to the MLC

29:33 Calculating Royalties for Streams

40:40 Relationship Between the MLC and PROs

49:32 International Mechanical Royalties

54:21 The Role of Legislation in the Music Industry

01:00:41 Calculating Mechanical Royalties

01:07:38 Defining Success in the Music Business

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