managing the distribution of recorded cover songs just got much easier.

Sent to you by spcoon via Google Reader: Harry Fox Streamlines Digital
License Service via Indie Music Tech by Indie Music on 6/20/08
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 publisherservi...@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.

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