By participating in the boyfriend’s podcast, Travis Kelce, artist told more details about recent acquisition of the rights of his first records
Taylor Swift has just announced a new studio album, The Life of a Showgirland the disc should be the main topic of its statements until the release, scheduled for October 3.
However, the pop star also continues to offer news about the acquisition of rights on the masters of its first six works, completed in May this year.
When participating in the podcast New heights (via Variety), of your boyfriend, Travis KelceShe made a curious revelation to tell those who chose to negotiate the purchase of the masters.
After years trying to recover this material, the singer and songwriter was finally successful and said she was up to her mother and brother to lead the final negotiations:
“My mother called me and said, ‘Look, they were wonderful, they heard us, we have no idea how they will deal with it.’ And then I thought, ‘I got it, I got it a decade. Kansas City And I received a call from my mother, and she said, ‘You have your music back.’ “
Old Dream of Taylor Swift
Taylor explained that this was an old dream, not necessarily for the financial aspect, but to have effective control over his work as an artist.
She stated:
“Since adolescence, I have actively saved money to buy my songs back. For me, it is not about: ‘Ah, I want to own this asset because of your returns, because of the dividends I will receive over the years.’ I want because these are the entrances of my handwritten daily throughout my life. Works of art, everything I have done is in this catalog. “
The saga for the acquisition of masters
Since 2019, Taylor Swift had been involved in a saga to have the rights of his first six studio albums.
At the time, the singer showed interest in acquiring her own catalog. However, she saw the Big Machine Recordsits former label, being sold to the entrepreneur and investor Scooter Braunwho became the owner of the Masters (Recordings Matrix).
A year later, Braun sold the entire catalog to the Shamrock Holdings for about $ 300 million. This was another negotiation in which Taylor claims not having had the concrete opportunity to make an offer to become the owner of the records.
The artist made harsh criticism of Braun and fired at the businessman’s irreducible posture in the negotiations. In addition, she was rewriting the albums to resume rights to the songs – and fans supported the initiative by buying and listening only to the new versions.
Now, when acquiring her catalog, she has full mastery over the collection from streamings and other sources of income (selling CDs and vinyls, for example). In addition, it controls the licensing process for the use of your music in movies, TV series and advertising, among other products.
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Source: Rollingstone
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