AIMP NY President Melanie Santa Rosa speaks up for songwriters.
With digital distribution moving so quickly, releases will often gather thousands of plays before appropriate songwriter attribution is accredited, leaving recognition and revenues behind. It’s a big problem.
There is something magical about a great song. It can trigger a memory, set the scene for an iconic TV or movie moment, or fill a room with people singing the same chorus without even knowing why it hits so hard. Songs are the connective tissue of our culture, yet the people who write them remain some of the least visible and least understood figures in the music business.
That invisibility is not new. But the streaming era has made it feel permanent.
