Music is the food for life; these words have much truth to it. There is music everywhere in every corner of the earth; you just need ears to listen to them. There must be very few people on earth who do not love music but some people who are passionate about music can find music in every sound. And these people make extremely good music composers since they can hear the music of Mother Nature and try to work on it such that general music lovers too can listen to them. To such composers, their composed music is like their baby since it is their creation and hence they must work to protect their compositions from getting stolen too. That can be done by going for music licensing.
By licensing you music you can successfully protect your composition from getting stolen by fake music composers who have created a name for themselves in the music industry by stealing others hard work. When you have a license for your original composition, anyone wanting to use your score has to take permission from you first. For example, the music compositions by singers or musicians all over the world, when used by night clubs or DJs or bands to perform need blanket music licenses. These are the kind of licenses that cover a wide range of compositions by a particular musician or singer or composer i.e. instead of obtaining license of using every single composition, you can get a license for a whole range of work. These blanket music licenses work in the way that the music is leased to you. You do not own the compositions but can use them for a certain period of time until the lease time is over.
The question that might arise in your mind is if a DJ or a band has already acquired
blanket music licenses for compositions by some
music composers, is it necessary for the club they are playing at to get licenses too? The answer to the question is yes, absolutely. Every single person using the compositions of some other person for their monetary benefit must get a license first. Notice the word monetary, the reason why people using the music at their personal parties do not need any licenses. Hence protect you music if you are a composer and stay away from legal hassles too if you use others music somehow, by acquiring the necessary licenses.
