Wires, Strings & Other Things
- 9 Eanáir — 31 Nollaig 2026
Musician and publisher Steve Lindsey will address essential areas of music publishing, including details on copyright ownership, song splits, registrations, Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), income streams, contracts and music usages. Part of Taking Charge of Your Performance Career, 2020.
Steve’s first session, ‘Something Out of Nothing’, will follow the early stages of a song’s life: protecting it, legitimising it, nurturing it and helping it enter the world at large. His second session, ‘Reaping the Rewards’, will consider how to get the best out of a song, explaining the music publishing industry’s role in nurturing creativity, safeguarding copyright, enhancing the value of compositions, and policing earnings.
About Steve Lindsey
Steve Lindsey entered the music industry as writer and bassist with the band Deaf School. He went on to record three albums for Warner Bros Records with Deaf School, followed by two albums with The Planets. Steve began his music publishing career at Chappell Music, Go! Discs Music, and Island Music. In 1997 he established independent publishing company Monument Music and later set up Melankolic Songs in conjunction with Massive Attack. In 2001, Steve founded Elevate Music as a stand-alone Irish publishing company. In addition to his work as a publisher, Steve sits on the boards of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS Ireland) and the Music Publishers Association of Ireland (MPAI).
