Lynn Monk

Ha! I thought this was another poll. It should be! Where do you post it? Nowhere specifically. It gets released and distributed to all the online stores, then links are posted on Social media and on my network of websites. What do you do to promote it? All of the above plus radio plugging, email and social media campaigns, and Facebook advertising (Depending on the record) Do you get it reviewed anywhere? Anywhere that bothers to respond! What way do you have to contact your fans? Mailing lists. Do you sell it through online store? Sell directly? Add it to streaming services? Give it away? All major online stores plus my own store and the artist's website. On the odd occasion I'll make a song for the public domain and give it away. This will be posted in places such as Soundcloud, Reverbnation and Soundclick, possibly others.

ISRC numbers are automatically issued to songs by the stores you upload them to if you don't already have them in place. This is free. However, ISRC numbers are only there so that the songs can be traced back to the rights holders for royalty payments etc. If you have no intention of making any money from them ...ever, you don't really need to bother with them. Alternatively, if you want some codes for a bunch of songs, I'll give you some for free as I am an authorised issuer. Message me.

As a copyright holder in the UK, I have always been silently amused at the US government's way of extorting money from songwriters, as copyright is a right that is free to all and exists without having to do anything other than record or write down your songs. However, I had a similar idea for reforming copyright laws back in 2004 and that was to make it so that a song was only given copyright if it was uploaded to a central database. (For free of course). Those who wanted to leave their music in the public domain would keep it off the database, and those who uploaded it would get it automatically checked for similarities to other songs so that infringement was no longer a problem. The database would also stream content to people for a membership fee which would be included in the price of an internet connection, with additional fees charged to commercial users. So the "perceived" value of the music would appear free, yet the membership fees would serve to pay all rights holders automatically. Anyone who wanted to evade the system would only be able to get hold of public domain songs, and piracy would no longer be a "viable business" to pursue . Alas, my idea at the time, was shot down by the industry. So it is somewhat amusing to see that many of the copyright agencies; and now even goverments; are finally coming up with, or putting into practice, some of my ideas.