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Knowledge Toolkit

The practical, legal and financial side of songwriting and composing, set out in simple terms. Get to grips with what you own, how you get paid, and what you should ask before you sign anything.

What’s inside

This guide has been created for all Ivors Academy songwriter and composer members, to help make sense of the business behind the music. Whatever stage you’re at – just starting out or decades into your career – and whatever kind of music you write, it pulls together everything from copyright and credit to royalties, collecting societies, publishing deals, your catalogue and data, AI, and the realities of working life.

Drawn from conversations that took place at the first two editions of The Ivors Academy Summit and additional research, this guide has been put together by industry experts working with songwriters and composers who do this for a living.