12/15/2025
Throwback 2001: Back in the day, when you purchased an album, be it vinyl, cassette, or CD and your read the album credits, you read publishing credits and ASCAP or BMI were listed.
What that is, is owing your music. It tracks your music when it gets played, on the radio, movies, shows, etc. The short term to that is, royalties. To which, I still recieve royalty checks for my music.
I have always pushed for artist to do this.
2001, I applied with American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) and got my writers and my own publishing company.
I still run and own my music / publishing company today.
- Fred Segura