Vybz Kartel and Rolling Stone!

I remember when we relaunched L3 Magazine in July, 2011.  Zakada Milton wrote an excellent article on 'Who is the King of the Dancehall.' We got it right then, and 5 years later Rolling Stone has it right now!

"Now I'm off the streets and out of their way and no one can fill the shoes..." Quote from Vybz Kartel regarding the current state of Dancehall. This is a must read >>> http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/vybz-kartel-still-ruling-dancehall-after-years-in-prison-w448510

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Get Those Splits Right!

Many of you are musicians, songwriters, bands, lead singers etc, and being in the business, you work with a lot of people.  The more projects you work on, the more you have to protect your interests as it’s only a matter of time before that HIT record comes along!

With that said, when you complete a project in the foreground, the background aka the BUSINESS side of the song should look like this:

Each person who composed music that resulted in the finished piece gets a percentage ie:  Composer 1 ‘X’ % | Composer 2 ‘X’ % | Composer 3 ‘X’ % | Composer 4 ‘X’ %

Each person who wrote the lyrics that make up the song gets a percentage ie:  Writer 1 ‘X’ % | Writer 2 ‘X’ % | Writer 3 ‘X’ % | Writer 4 ‘X’ %

Each person who contributed to the overall production of the track ie:  Producer | Engineer | Engineer Assistant | Recording Location | Arranger | Background Vocals | Mixer | Drums | Lead Guitar | Keyboards | Bass | Publishing (the name of the publishing company each contributor is signed with).

If your music business behind the scenes does not look like this, I suggest you tweak the areas that are missing.  Several of you want to be in GRAMMY / American Music Awards contention, and the above is an example of what these organizations look at when artists / bands submit.