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Posts about demos, pitching, copyright and the business side of songwriting.
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Can I Release My Suno Song? Permissions, Distributors, and Human Re-recordings
Learn what Suno’s current terms allow, how DistroKid, CD Baby, and TuneCore treat AI music, and what a human re-recording does and doesn’t change.
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How to Copyright a Song: A U.S. Songwriter’s Guide
Learn when song copyright begins, how U.S. registration works, what co-writers should agree on, and why your song and recording have separate rights.
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What Is a Demo Song? Types, Costs and When You Need One
A demo song is a simple recording that shows the melody, lyrics and structure of a song. Learn the types, what they cost, and…
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How Much Money Do You Make if Someone Records Your Song?
What a cut pays in 2026: the 13.1 cent mechanical rate, streaming, performance royalties, sync fees, and why some recordings pay nothing.
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Can You Copyright AI Music? What Songwriters Need to Know in 2026
You can copyright the parts of a song you wrote, but not music AI made from a prompt. What the Copyright Office says, and…
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How Songwriters Can Promote Their Songs and Get Them Heard by the Right Audience
Impact. That’s what every songwriter I know (and I know quite a few!) wants to happen with their music. Sure, songwriters want to get…
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How Gospel Music Artists Can Find New Songs to Record
A note from 2026: we wrote this when Buy Demo Tracks ran a song marketplace, a library where artists could find unrecorded songs. We’ve…
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The Way Artists Find Songs Is Broken
How does a songwriter get a song discovered? Have you heard the story of how the song “Old Man In the Shanty” made its…
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From Notebook to Studio: 5 Steps to Bring Your Songwriting to Life with Professional Demos
We have a saying at BuyDemoTracks.com: “It All Starts with a Great Demo.” It may sound a bit trite to say since we are…
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What is a Featured Artist Release?
Every so often, a seismic shift happens in the music industry that turns everything on its head. The last time this truly happened was…
Is your AI demo industry-ready?
What the people you pitch really hear in an AI demo, and ten checks that tell you whether your song is ready for a real demo. It takes about five minutes.