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Hello Everyone! So much amazing news to share with you all – not least of all is that I have a NEW ALBUM coming out!  Yes!  Finally!  The physical album drops on March 5th at a very exclusive concert in Orange, CA and the digital version drops worldwide on Tuesday March 8th.  The album, entitled […]

McJames Music is excited to add talented singer/songwriter Jennifer Baker to its roster. Check out her newest song “Enough” in our Catalog of Songs. “Enough” (co-written with Kevin Fisher) is the first song from her upcoming EP to be released this June. Check back often for more information on Jennifer and her upcoming EP.

Kevin Fisher is a songwriter…solid and successful.  He took his skills he learned from being a singer and writer for SOCAL’s critically acclaimed band, Naked to the World, voted Acoustic Band of the Year by the National Academy of Songwriters, and put it into a bunch of gold and platinum recordings by singers like Sara […]

McJames sent Steven McClintock and Kevin Fisher to Black Rock Camp on Santorini Island in Greece for three days of writing. With 26 other writers. Read more about the Black Rock Camp here… http://www.the-company-management.com/blackrocksongwritercamp http://www.blackrock-studios.com

McJames Music Inc. is proud to sign singer/songwriter Franki Love to an exclusive worldwide administration deal through its SESAC subsidiary SEQUENCE 37.  Franki garnered success at the L.A. Music Awards as “Female Singer/Songwriter of the Year” and winning single of the year for her song “Shadow”. Her song “Shadow” also was recognized by the “Billboard […]

Traditional performance royalties vs. digital performance royalties ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers), BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) and SESAC are US public performance organizations (PROs) who collect publishing royalties (performance royalties) for the PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of musical works as stipulated by the U.S. Copyright Act. This includes fees paid by radio stations, businesses, restaurants, concert venues, bars, nightclubs, sports arenas, bowling alleys, […]

There isn’t much room for shadows these days, at least in contemporary music. Issues like loss, addiction, and mental illness appear, for the most part, to be subjects relegated to the post-punk Goth-rock bands of the early ’80s and the bygone pillars of the ’90s grunge revolution. For Jeremy Dawson and Ariel Levitan, however, it […]

1.            Sign with a reputable Publisher that can exploit, collect, and protect your works. 2.            Carefully review your contracts. 3.            Don’t sign away your rights. 4.            Surround yourself with professionals who add value to your talent.  Rid yourself of “hanger ons”. 5.            Weigh the long term benefits of a deal vs. the initial advance and choose carefully. 6.            Use your advance wisely.  Invest […]

McJames Music Inc. has been doing business at MIDEM since 1986 and will be heading over in 2016 again.  This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the event and will run from June 3rd through the 6th at Le Palais Des Festivals, in Cannes France. MIDEM is the world’s largest trade show for independent […]