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For as long as you’ve known yourself music has all but consumed you. Sweet melodies always seem to be on replay in your mind and lyrics and poetry all but ooze through you. As a youngster you dreamt of the day you’d finally cut your first record and now that day has come. After years of dreaming, vying and longing you’ve finally been able to collaborate with a composer and studio engineer to complete and release your first song. You and your...

In a previous ECCO blog post  we presented synchronization licensing as an additional source of music-related income worth exploring by music creators within the Eastern Caribbean.

Synchronization Licensing is defined by CDbaby.com as “the process of playing an existing composition and/ or audio recording in conjunction with a moving picture of any kind: TV show, commercial, film, video game, corporate presentation, Youtube clip, etc. (Or on...

Tune into to radio in the Caribbean, or the DJ segment at a fete and you’ll likely hear a mash-up of two of your favourite songs; as the lyrics and melody of one song is combined with the beat and instrumental of another. Alternatively you may hear a sped-up version of a particular song. While the result may be a widely enjoyable audio combination, the modification of the works may constitution an infringement of the moral rights of the...

In our last article we touched on the fact that ECCO is moving toward the administration of Related Rights, which will open up a new stream of music royalties within the OECS territories administered by ECCO, which would directly benefit performers on sound recordings and phonogram producers.

The reality of music within our region is that most music professionals wear multiple hats, so it’s likely that if you’re already a songwriter...

As a music professional based in the Eastern Caribbean the fact that the Eastern Caribbean Collective Organization for Music Rights (ECCO) is this year moving towards the administration of Related Rights is something which could possibly have a positive effect on your music earnings.  For starters, it means there will be another stream of music royalties generated in our region—related rights royalties, which will be payable to performers and...

For as long as you could understand yourself, music has been your passion. You grew up surrounded by music—in church; at home. You gravitated towards music; always humming, singing, writing, playing or listening to music. Music constantly beckoned to you so now you’ve decided to seriously answer that call and pursue music not just as a hobby but as a career. Now you’re avidly creating a new sound; a new melody; well-crafted lyrics. You...

Simply put, many roles and jobs go into the success of popular musicians—a fact we touched on in our previous blog post “Your Music Team: Supporting Your Career,” where we examined the makeup of the music team often found behind a successful author (songwriter, composer and arranger), and a successful performer.

Notably the referenced teams presented by David Stopps, author of How to Make a Living from Music—a book presented by the World...

If you take the time to examine the models of successful businesses throughout the world—regardless of company size and location—you’ll likely find that beyond emphasis on the actual product or service they offer, there are key components they all pay keen attention to which play a major part in their success. Planning, Marketing, Financial Management and Customer Service.

The same applies in music business! After all if the only focus...

His is an undeniable legacy. A feat which he himself considers his greatest to date.

True, it was as a school boy in his Saint Lucian hometown of Soufriere that the name ‘Arthur’ stuck with him—on account of his admiration for cricketer, Keith Arthurton. If you even remotely follow his journey, you’ll know just how passionate he is about cricket, so it’s no wonder it played a part in cementing his nickname. He recalls that while growing...

It’s almost indescribable. The way music consumes us creatives. It’s our medium. Our passion. We’ve got this unshakeable feeling that this is what we’re meant to do. We’re at our happiest when we’re immersed in music pursuits; writing, creating, singing, playing, performing. It is our destiny. After all, as Fabienne Frederickson once said, “the things that you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling.” So it is for us...