managing the distribution of recorded cover songs just got much easier.
The Harry Fox Agency just made managing mechanical licenses for cover songs that much easier with their announcement this week allowing artists to mange and re-order their existing mechanical licenses in just a few steps. This is a significant improvement, as before you essentially had to start from scratch each time you wanted to modify your license. For example, let's say you have a mechanical license for "I've Got A Feeling" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but it was only for digital distribution (Digital Phonerecord Delivery), and now you would like to have it on a compilation CD you're giving away for free at your shows as a way to promote your band. Previously, you would've had to login to your Songifle account and go through all the steps of creating a new license. Now, you just hit "reorder" and select the delivery medium, and a couple of other variables and you're ready to check-out, as the artist information, your account data, etc. is auto-populated. Wow, much faster HFA! Many thanks!
Now that HFA has some automation built-in, it will be interesting to see how fast
artists renew their annual DPDs, as it was a chafe before. If you have any questions about their new service enhancements, you can reach them via 212-834-0100, or publishe...@harryfox.com. Interesting side note, HFA's Songfile division also announced this week that they've now issued over 500,000 licenses since its inception in 1999. Since Songfile is primarily for indie artists, it shows the power the independent segment is having on the music industry.
