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 Copyright and Artificial Intelligence landing page Level Up Your Copyright Public Records Search webinar Subscribe for Copyright Office email updates 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 Group Registration of Unpublished Works for registering up to ten unpublished works all by the same author and the author is the claimant.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!

In this engaging discussion, guest host Isaac Brooks interviews Garrett, a composer and podcaster with deep roots in the sheet music industry. They explore Garrett's journey from early compositions in school to becoming an orchestrator. He shares insights on writing for diverse ensembles and emphasizes the importance of collaboration between composers and publishers. Garrett also reflects on personal influences, productivity tips, and the future of sheet music in a tech-driven world, urging new composers to carve out their niche.

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!

It's Day Three of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Kathy Fernandes, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the world's largest sheet music retailer, JW Pepper, comes on the podcast to talk about what it's like marketing at such a large scale and what composers can learn from it. We also talk about recent developments in copyright law and the work of the Music Publishers Association. New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a ⁠MyScore⁠ account today! JW Pepper Webinar on Copyright Issues Copyright Resources from the MPA Copyright Resources for 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!

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!

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!

A podcast-sized reading session of three new works by Garrett Breeze featured in the 2024 JW Pepper Editor's Choice Catalog. ⁠Aloha⁠ ⁠Call of a Warrior⁠ ⁠Tiny Voice⁠

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!

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!

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