How To Claim Your Royalties As An Independent Musician ft. Lauren Trayhan | Co-Founder of thenoise.org

Lauren Trayhan is co-founder and VP of Marketing for the National Organization of Independent Songwriters. When she's not talking about publishing, she's surfing, playing bass, and adventuring around the US. She truly is living her passion and her Instagram account can spark wanderlust in just about anyone! theNOIS is an interesting organization that focuses on the little guys in the indie circuits with all sorts of way to recoup missing royalties. We love so much of their mission statement and verbiage to support the independent musicians across the country and this MICPodcast episode is chocked full of epic industry knowledge. theNOIS founding team is made up of producers, artist managers, songwriters, and tech specialists from JP Morgan Chase. Our own need to have a simple catalog management tool led us to ultimately build out a publishing administration company, Killphonic Rights, for independent publishers as private clients, most notably Sumerian Records. We decided to adapt our powerful technology into a platform available to all independent songwriters, and thus theNOIS was born. Our mission is to make royalty collection as easy as possible for all independents - songwriters, publishers, and labels alike - and continue to educate and advocate on publishing, royalties, and the value of publishing in the current music landscape. In this episode of the MICPodcast, we. break down the core elements of how independent songwriters can collect their royalties worldwide, in addition to these questions: -What is mechanical licensing in the music business? -What ways can independent songwriters be taken advantage of in their careers? -Who is theNOIS? -What are music publishing royalties? -Where are independent musicians missing music money? -How can you collect music royalties? --- SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS! (bit.ly/MICPodcast) JOIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ENTREPRENEURS FACEBOOK GROUP: (Facebook.com/groups/musicindustryentrepreneurs)

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The MICPodcast is a fun, unadulterated look into the life of the American Singer-Songwriter via the stories and banter of your host, Vinnie Hines. From being a fly-on cruise ship entertainer to various nationwide tours, peculiar residencies and even a Golden Ticket on American Idol XV, he has crafted quite the story, accruing some serious industry expertise along the way. He shares these memories and strategies from the journey along the way in hopes that fellow creatives and friends alike will revel in the adventure of being a modern day artist.