Anara Publishing: Spring Update

The start of 2023 has been busy and productive for the whole team at Anara Publishing. To share all of our exciting news, we’re starting a series of quarterly wrap up blogs. Welcome to the first edition! 
 Here’s a little recap of key things that have happened over the last 4 months:   –        … Read more

Anara Publishing partners with Musixmatch

To kick off 2022 at Anara Publishing, we’re thrilled to announce our new partnership with Musixmatch. A leading music data company, one of Musixmatch’s primary services is providing lyrics to all of your favourite DSP’s. They’ve delivered lyrics for over 8 million songs worldwide and thanks to this new partnership Anara Publishing’s catalogue will now … Read more

re:tract joins the Anara Publishing roster

We’re excited to announce that electronic and trip-hop artist re:tract has joined the Anara Publishing roster! re:tract is the moniker of multi-instrumentalist and producer Matt Gill whose music will appeal to the fans of Bonobo, Moderat, Portishead and Massive Attack. re:tract’s sound blends the elements of multiple genres and styles, including downtempo, ambient, electronica and chillout. … Read more

Songwriting Habits: The Good and Bad

Songwriting

Just like playing a sport or learning an instrument, mastering a new skill requires disciplined practise and songwriting is no exception. The evidence is there in the most successful writers of all time- they were incredibly prolific. Take The Beatles for example. Not all of their songs were perfect or groundbreaking, but they wrote so … Read more

Reading Between the Lines: Songwriting Tips

Songwriting

Behind every great song there’s usually a greater story behind how its composition came about. Even if you’re not one to suffer from writer’s block, there are certainly a number of techniques and songwriting tips that can help put you onto something special. And who better to learn from than the greats, eh? The Beatles … Read more

Sync in Numbers

Numbers

Now you know all about what sync is and why it is important to songwriters, you’re probably wondering how it exactly works when your music gets chosen to be used by a music supervisor. We’re going to take you through what this means for you as a copyright owner. Let’s talk sync in numbers. The synchronisation license … Read more

Anara Publishing On the Road – LA Sync Mission 2017

Los Angeles

Following on from the hectic week at Midem, it was a quick turnaround for me to head off to Los Angeles two days later for the annual Sync Mission. Now in its 13th year, the LA Sync Mission is hosted jointly by the BPI, Music Publishers Association and Department for International Trade (DIT) and they … Read more

Anara Publishing On the Road – Midem 2017

MIDEM

Midem conference is held in Cannes’ renowned Palais des Festivals and it is most definitely a highlight in a packed calendar of summer events in the music industry. This year taking place from 6th – 9th June, it is attended by the likes of record labels, publishers, managers, booking agents and artists and is a … Read more