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Some of you may wonder why we aren't set up specifically for you to sell licenses for people to do cuts on your songs. Well, we've been through that, and found that it dirtied up the water on original songs. When you sell a copyright on a song, the buyers usually want to know that the song is clean--no prior cuts of any kind. The same is true for major players in the business who might want the first cut of the song by license. There are websites out there that you can join to sell covers on these songs, but we don't recommend it. You make very little money, and again, the songs get dirtied up if you do sell random licenses.  And you may not have any idea who even bought the license, because is was sold by the site. You may get a name, but that really doesn't normally mean much.

If you cut the song yourself and do streaming sales, that's your business, and that's okay.  But then again, you have dirtied up the waters for your copyright sales and for major license sales when you do this. So, you need to disclose that when you go to sell the copyright of a song that's been sold on streaming sites, including here on Songpress Music.  It's just best to be transparent.

The above may not always hold true, as the buyer may not care if the song isn't really well known. And, lots of Artists cut songs that have been cut before. Like songwriting itself, what gets cut is very subjective. But in any case, it can't get cut if the artist doesn't have the opportunity to hear the song. And that's where Songpress Music comes in. Although there is much more to Songpress Music than making the song available to be heard. Songpress Music is also about getting the song ready to be heard, then giving it the potential to be heard. That's the subject of another blog entry or more!

Now, this also gets a little hairy when you post songs for sale on here or anywhere, because people get to listen to them before buying them, which is a type of streaming. Well, that's part of the deal and they know that when they buy. However, your profile on this site can be locked down to your followers only viewing and listening. You can also keep your profile private like this and only invite who you want to listen to your songs on here. Plus, we even require Fans to pay a small fee to join the site, just to minimize the likelihood for rogue visitors and low-level members to stream and steal the ideas of your songs. But, it's still an honor system to an extent, and we depend on people to be honest. Yes, there's a risk, but you face that risk even more if people don't have a little skin in the game.

So, that's our basic philosophy and a part on why we charge Fans for membership on Songpress. We also charge because as users, they are potentially in need of support services and they have other features available to them.  And not meaning to digress, that will be the subject of another blog entry.