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Creating great music is only the first step. To build a sustainable career, you need to understand how to earn from it. For songwriters (composers of music and authors of lyrics) and music publishers, one of the most important revenue streams is performance royalties.

This guide breaks down what they are and how you can maximise your earnings.

What Are Performance Royalties?

Performance royalties are payments you receive whenever your song...

The holiday season is a magical time of year when music fills the air, lifting spirits and bringing people together. For songwriters, producers, and artists, it’s also a golden opportunity to create timeless hits that can become holiday classics. But crafting a memorable holiday song isn’t just about jingling bells and warm lyrics—it’s about knowing how to write, produce, and license your music effectively.

At ECCO (Eastern Caribbean...

As the year winds down and the holiday season lights up, ECCO is thrilled to announce our upcoming royalty distribution for the year 2022. This seasonal payout reflects the incredible reach and impact of your music throughout the year. Your artistry resonates with audiences, and we’re proud to support you in transforming creativity into lasting value.

This holiday season, let’s take a closer look at how royalties are generated, celebrate...

Make This Holiday Season a Symphony of Success

For songwriters and composers, the holiday season is a time to shine. The festive period is filled with endless opportunities to share your creativity, from crafting timeless holiday classics to collaborating on jingles, commercials, or local events. Music is at the heart of every celebration, and your work has the potential to enhance the season while earning well-deserved royalties.

Here’s...

Make This Holiday Season Memorable with Licensed Music

The holiday season is a time of joy, connection, and celebration—and nothing sets the mood quite like music. Whether it’s a lively tune in a bustling retail store or a soothing instrumental at a cozy holiday gathering, music has the power to create unforgettable moments. But for businesses and event organizers, using music isn’t just about pressing play—it’s about doing so responsibly...

Real passion simply cannot be denied. Indeed from as early as 3-years it became vividly clear to everyone around her, that music is Kaydene’s passion.  With a smile, the vivacious Kaydene recalled that her love for music and performance began after she first sang at church.

As she grew older and realized the wealth of music and songwriting talent she possessed, coupled with her love for the art form, Kaydene decided to take the steps...

Ask any artist or songwriter within the Eastern Caribbean what is one of the greatest challenges in their music career is, and we’re certain generating finance to fund their music projects will be one of the top 5 answers.  Indeed a resounding cry from creatives in our region is that accessing debt financing from banks and other financial institutions proves exceedingly difficult. Admittedly part of the difficulty lies in the inability of...

As ECCO Moves towards the administration of Related Rights—copyright in sound recordings owned by the performers on the sound recording and the phonogram producer –as independent artists and songwriters based in the Eastern Caribbean where standard music industry structures are still being built; the idea of also becoming an independent phonogram producer and creating a self-administered record label may be heavily on your mind.

You...

As an artiste and songwriter based in the Eastern Caribbean, you and your team are keen on expanding your market reach within the Caribbean and are now looking towards the French West Indies. You’ve had a few releases so far which have made quite a splash in the Anglo-Caribbean territories, so why not translate them to Creole or French and release those translated versions in the French islands?

Or perhaps you’re a music creative from...

You can’t even begin to describe the effect this particular song has on you. Something about it resonates at your very core. The powerful lyrics take you back to one of your happiest moments, so no surprise you’ve got the song on repeat. As a music creator yourself, you often find yourself making your own creative tweaks to the song’s infectious melody as you hum or play it on your keyboard/guitar. Then it hits you, why not arrange and record...