Munya Chanetsa is a well-known music executive and founder of M.O.T.I with more than 10 years of A&R and licensing experience. He has worked with mobile operators, CAPASSO and Sony Music Publishing amongst others. He has also been a featured presenter on music copyright at leading forums and conferences in South Africa, Angola, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

In this workshop, we cover the basics of publishing, how important it is for all songwriters and what avenues they can use to exploit their publishing to earn revenue. 

Summary

Workshop Summary

1:15 The role of a publisher 

• Facilitate collaborations

• Place/exploit existing songs

• Sync mood music to movies, games, apps etc

6:30 What is a music library

8:40 How terms for Sync Licenses are used practically

9:01 Self Publishing versus signing with a publisher 

Pros of self-publishing

• You retain 100% of your rights

• 100% of the revenue

Cons of self-publishing

• More administrative work

• No help with A&R

• Have to sell yourself to collaborators

14:30 The Collective Management Organisations available to Zimbabwean artists and how licensing worst

17:25 What artists need to get a licensing deal

23:10 Getting your paperwork in order and courting publishers

29:10 How copyright works with sampling

38:02 The value of Synchronisation Deals and branding in publishing 

41:00 Munya’s MOTI tool