gelon,
If all your publisher does is collect half your royalties, you would need to find a new publisher....
Really, yes you can collect some of your own publishing on certain things....Like ASCAP would collect your songwriting royalties, but my man eventually you would have to enter in a publishing or co-publishing deal. Your looking at it the wrong way your view is they take 50% of my money and if you continue to have that in the long run you will probably lose 75% of your cash.
ok time to break it down
- You wanna collect your own Publishing?
Songwriting membership to ASCAP no problem they'll collect it for you
- whose gonna collect your mechanicals, Harry Fox - ok get elected cuz you don't join them you get elected so you need to know someone in the industry already.
Now for the truth------------------------------
You write a good song. You've got it copyrighted, so you think your protected, right....WRONG
Now mainstream group XYZ heres the song and samples, steals, or somehow copyright infringes the song. Imagine the nerve of them, how could they......hmmmmmmmm
So who's gonna sue them, YOU!!! I hope you got the capital because their lawyers will bury you in paperwork for 2-3 years and by the time the settlements reached you still have to prove that they did copyright infringe!!!!!! Not always easy to do!!!!!!!!!!
And your lawyer fee's will probably outweigh the settlement price.
So why bother having a publisher!!!!!!!!
1 word my man - Protection
People in the music industry are successful and strive for one thing and thats reputation. If you enter into a publishing deal with a reputable publishing company no one will F*** with your music not cuz they fear a lawsuit, but because of the damage done to their credibility. Average underground artists have their sh** stolen all the time, but you never hear about it cuz there ain't much they can do, However, artists with a good publisher never or rarely have any problems and the case is usually settled swiftly.
Lets Move on -
Should you start your own publishing Company- my answer - Absolutely
Should you incorporate - my answer - Absolutely (LLC)
Enter into a co-publishing deal with your company and a major.
A good publisher can always do more than just collect money they handle things you never could like
- Oversea's Royalty collections
- Shopping your Music to industry insiders
Gelon,
I hope I made some good points cuz you seem pretty smart but I can't tell you how many people I've seen like you get screwed with the whole I'm gonna do it myself attitude and not have the proper information....If you want to grow a publishing company break into the industry first then worry about that
peace