Another Revenue Stream
I’ve talked about this before, but I think that it is worth repeating. A side effect of our mission is creating another revenue stream for people who write rhymes and beats.
It’s difficult for songwriters to get paid for their creative output. Another revenue stream for people who create hip hop songs would help a lot of artists, don’t you agree?
In Musicals, Songwriters Keep Their Songs
Someone who writes songs gets paid when the song is performed. This happens in the music business when either the songwriter performs the piece or when someone else records it and the recording is sold or streamed. In order for this to happen, the writer must give away a portion of the ownership of the revenue the to someone else, called the music publisher.
In return for this ownership stake, the publisher performs certain licensing functions. In theater there are licensing houses that do the same thing. The difference is that the songwriters who write songs for musicals do not give up any ownership rights.
The licensing company does not own anything. They only rent the right to license the musical, and if the artist is dissatisfied with one licensing company they can switch to another. This does not happen with a music publisher.
We Want Hip Hop Songs
Rhymes Over Beats exists to help hip hop artists create works of theater, and once created, to produce them. This happens only if we can convince hip hop artists to look at theater as another revenue stream – a revenue stream that is more artist friendly than the music business.
So, what do you think? Are you ready to keep your ownership of your music?
If you are a hip hop artist, please think about what we can do together and contact us.
We are looking for collaborators.