HFA & Songtrust Indie Publisher’s Service Team, Targeting DIY Market

April 2nd, 2011 by Trenton

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NYC-based The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), a provider of rights management, licensing, and royalty services for the music industry, has announced a collaboration with Songtrust, an online music publishing administration service from the NYC-based Downtown Music.

HFA has teamed with Songtrust.

According to HFA, the initiative will exponentially increase the exploitation of independent publishers’ content. The program provides increased exposure for Songtrust members via HFA’s expansive song database and ensures back-office support for the efficient collection and distribution of royalties.

Songtrust is meant to simplify music publishing for songwriters, by providing a straightforward means for them to properly register and protect all of their songs as well as track and collect royalties. With this collaboration in place, Songtrust and HFA will work together to facilitate licensing of content as well as ensure the monetization of copyrighted works for DIY publishers. More specifically, as experts in rights management, HFA will provide Songtrust with outsourced licensing and royalty administration services so they can focus on closely servicing the DIY market.

As a result, Songtrust members will be able to take advantage of the many revenue opportunities currently only offered to HFA’s affiliated music publishers. Compositions written by Songtrust members will now be accessible to thousands of potential licensees for use for CDs, downloads, on-demand streams and ringtones, as well as innovative new media licensing opportunities including lyrics, guitar tablature, digital jukeboxes and background music.

Compositions will also be available through HFA’s online licensing tool, Songfile. This online tool is used to clear cover songs for limited-quantity licenses for CDs, download, on-demand streams and ringtones, providing an additional revenue stream for songwriters.

Songtrust is a new arrival in online music publishing administration.

Additionally, the two companies will partner to create a series of educational programs aimed at DIY songwriters/publishers who want to learn more about the inner-workings of music publishing, empowering them to more effectively manage their song copyrights.

Said Gary Churgin, President & CEO of HFA. “HFA is committed to supporting the increasingly important and growing DIY market. There is a wealth of creativity produced by this community and we want to do all we can to provide them with the necessary tools to make their music available for licensing and expose their songs to new audiences. Together with Songtrust we allow DIY songwriters to focus on their craft, while we handle the business side of licensing for them.”

Downtown Music Publishing President and Songtrust Co-Founder Justin Kalifowitz added. “Our primary goal is to offer songwriters an equal opportunity to monetize their copyrights. As the gold-standard in U.S. mechanical royalty collection and an innovator in the digital licensing arena, we are thrilled to partner with HFA in delivering premier music publishing administration services to our members.”