Globex Music

How mechanical licensing for covers actually gets approved, from the publisher's side of the desk.

How to pitch a cover song to blogs and curators — and why the pitch has to work harder than it does for original music.

Specialize or diversify? A practical breakdown of genre strategy for cover song artists building a catalog and an audience.

The sticker price is never the real price. Here's where cover song distributors hide extra costs.

Old doesn't mean free to use. Here's how copyright term actually works for older songs you want to cover.

How to legally distribute a reality TV theme song cover, including what's licensed and what isn't.

How to turn YouTube cover video views into real streaming numbers on Spotify, Apple Music, and beyond.

How TikTok's discovery model rewired cover song economics — and what it means for independent artists in 2026.

Yes, beatbox covers of copyrighted melodies need a mechanical license — here's why the arrangement matters more than the instrumentation.

What actually happens if you distribute a cover song without a mechanical license, and how to avoid the risk entirely.