Royalties in Radio Play

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Royalties are a big part of the artist lively hood. When you right a song, and its played on the radio you get a royalty for the play of that song. Royalties are what makes the millionaires you see inside the music business a bulk of their income comes from their royalty checks. Its important to be a member of a song writing organization like ASAP,BMI, or SeSac.

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