Nefertiti0 Posted May 15 Posted May 15 Kevin Parker of Tame Impala has sold his complete song catalog to Sony Music Publishing. The deal expands Parker's longstanding relationship with SMP, which has published him since 2009, and includes all of his works released as Tame Impala as well as his writing credits for other songs, including his contributions to Dua Lipa's new album Radical Optimism. Parker has also expanded his publishing deal with Sony to include the administration of the full catalog as well as future works. Kevin Parker says of the deal: "The idea of passing on ownership of my songs is one that I don't think about very lightly, at all. They are the fruit of my blood, sweat and creativity over all the years I've been a recording artist and songwriter so far. I have a lot of love and trust for the Sony publishing family and have only had great experiences with Damian Trotter and the rest of the gang worldwide. I don't think my songs could be in any safer hands than Sony's, and I'm excited for the future and happy I can keep working with them on whatever the future brings…"
Raspy Posted May 15 Posted May 15 what a radical move from him he better give dua half of it for screwing her career 5
Popular Post wastedpotential Posted May 15 Popular Post Posted May 15 (edited) He'll be missing that 12 cent royalty check in his mailbox every month from Perfect Illusion soon enough Edited May 15 by wastedpotential 23
wildsidenormani Posted May 15 Posted May 15 How is this a bad thing? He probably sold it for an insane amount of money and can now do whatever he wants. Not that he was struggling before though
CécredSpaces Posted May 15 Posted May 15 (edited) People make a big deal of owning masters and publishing but if you're not equipped for it, it can be really, really hard to manage, or you can lose the songs (e.g. the master drives/tapes being stolen, being corrupted, being misplaced/lost, etc.) So I can understand artists wanting to secure the future of their work under a company AND getting paid hefty sums of money for it. They still get paid from royalties (for singing/performing, for songwriting, and for producing) even when their catalogs are sold. It's just that the share of the pie is significantly smaller because there's too many companies/people involved now. Edited May 15 by CécredSpaces 2
OnlyManInTheWorld Posted May 15 Posted May 15 He sold his catalog to cover Dua's losses after disastrous numbers. 1
Velvet Night Posted May 15 Posted May 15 Wow I wonder what made him decide to sell out so early in his career.
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