Description:

ASCAP Midwest Membership Director Shawn Murphy explains what the company does—and doesn’t do—for songwriters. Murphy outlines the steps a songwriter needs to take in order to be represented by ASCAP, from creating a publishing entity to registering songs to determining percentages of ownership. He goes on to discuss the challenges that many songwriters face in determining publishing splits, and also makes some important distinctions between registering songs and copywriting them.