DIY distribution firm and label services company Ditto Music has launched a new music publishing division. The aim is to offer independent artists a full range of services around their music rights - which is to say, song rights as well as recording rights.
Ditto Music Publishing will be led by Tom Weller, who says: "The launch of Ditto Music Publishing is a huge step for the company and means we're close to being able to offer a comprehensive suite of services to our clients. At Ditto we're proud of the accessibility and simplicity of our platform, and our publishing offering is a continuation of that - it will help demystify a complicated area of the music business and make it easy and cost effective for artists and songwriters to collect all of the royalties they're due".
Ditto CEO Lee Parsons adds: "The launch of Ditto Music Publishing means artists and songwriters will have the global reach of a major publisher while retaining complete control of their rights and their creative vision. Tom and the team will help them capitalise on the power of independence so they can reach new audiences, create life-long fans and, most importantly, make sure they get paid".
Songwriters will be able to sign up to the new publishing service for an annual fee of £39, plus a 10% commission on royalties and a 20% commission on sync placements.