Nick Velo

Co-Founder / A&R @ The Administration Music Publishing | @MusicPublishing | [email protected]

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

Check out my Music Publishing Guide - hoping to give people some good, real-world info that isn't unnecessarily detailed / takes too much time to read. I plan on updating this every once in awhile with info/knowledge that people are asking for.

https://t.co/aSGqTt6HCc

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

@BrianZisook My advice is always: Do an admin deal. Get paid. If & when those big offers come…you might not need or want it…because you are already getting paid consistently, and own your catalog.

[NFR Podcast @nfr_podcast]

DY Krazy says Future’s 'MIXTAPE PLUTO' is like “56 Nights Pt. 2” 👀

Yup, we’re getting a classic.

[* @BIGBABYGUCCI]

started a label in 2020 got us a disto deal this year and we finally release our first project TONIGHT at midnight

[Kristin Robinson @wordsbykristin]

The biggest effect coming from the UMG TikTok feud is not the removal of its artists -- its the removal of its *songwriters*

Metadata issues and other publishing complexities means this might take a while to takedown but it is technically on the way

https://t.co/hCtgE4cuUF

[Clyde Carson @clydecarson]

Might have to run this back a few times 🗣️
https://t.co/rFgv8IvEFC

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

@alexisrabadam 👋🏼

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

@RyeRye your publisher should be helping you here...from experience...lil jon's publisher is very aggressive with that sound situation.

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

Good article on @billboard about songtrust...

https://t.co/FCnhmIgA1W

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

Keep ownership of your publishing!

[Kristin Robinson @wordsbykristin]

A fact I still love: because Tracy Chapman wrote “Fast Car” by herself and owned her pub, she is technically considered the 8th largest publisher on the Hot 100 for Q2 of 2023 lol

https://t.co/4LeqaMofBW

[MusicPublishing @musicpublishing]

Timing is always important. Make sure yours is perfect! And in our game “perfect” really means proactive. So… you put 2 and 2 together ✍️

https://t.co/Th0rPfkzgV

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

@IsabelleWalsh18 Anyone who has songs making real money should find another admin publisher to work with. We’re out here.

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

Several years ago I was told less than 1% of their registrations were going through in France…this is like publishing spam, eventually places are going to block because resources and bandwidth get wasted.

https://t.co/WzmkUufMyW

[Nate Coutteau @NateWritesMusic]

This year NBA Youngboy was the youngest (23) act to join the "100 Hits on Hot 100 " club with 103 on Billboard. What's even more amazing is his business with his producers/writers. We've always received the proper payment/paperwork from his team. I hope he has a long career!

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

@BrianZisook More artists should be more involved with their careers. I think people would be surprised that "A-List" artists are super involved.

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

Producers are taken advantage of a lot…but where producers are getting screwed over the most is not being paid producer royalties from all these distribution companies who hide behind the deals with the artists.

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

@jeffthatnoise Hello Jeff - can you please dm me?

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

They haven't been registering songs since 2020? That's insane. But - they haven't turned off signups. Taking $100 everyone they can.

These types of signup fee based companies will keep popping up, the outcome will likely be the same. Then people will use the newer shinier one.

[Shia La Beef @DsawGoyi]

@IsabelleWalsh18 so they told me they had to stop registering since November 2020 to check the copyright issues and now because of backlog it takes 2 months to catch up including MLC
at this point i have to to take their words for it and wait as i cant really do anything and have no other options

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

If you aren't familiar with the term: one-stop shop is where a music supervisor can clear a song through one company, and not through multiple publishers / writers. The artist & producer need to be under the same pub company, & the artist also needs to be independent.

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

If you are an artist or producer client of Admin MP: we are actively looking for "one-stop shop" songs for licensing / sync pitching.

[Nick Velo @nickvelo]

Has songtrust really not paid or accounted to anyone since December?