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What Is SoundExchange and How Does It Work?

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SoundExchange is the US organization responsible for collecting royalties for music performed via non-terrestrial radio and distributing those royalties to the artists so featured.

This video has been making the rounds on the blogs, and I didn’t want to miss out. But I’ve got more for you than the other folks. Not only do we have a full 50-minute interview with the head of SoundExchange itself, John Simson, but we also have many other music industry professionals commenting on the subject from the perspective of their various fields. First, from SoundExchange itself:

Next we have an exclusive Artists House interview with Attorney Dina LaPolt, founder of LaPolt Law, P.C., an entertainment law firm based in Los Angeles, CA. Here she briefly explains how SoundExchange works in the real world:

Finally we have a fantastic interview with John Simson. In addition to being the head of SoundExchange, he is also an attorney and a former artist manager (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Steve Forbert) who has long been involved in advocacy and legal matters within the music business as a whole.

If that didn’t quench your thirst, you can search the Artists House Music video database for more music industry professionals talking about Sound Exchange here: http://is.gd/4YczT