Songwriting

Meet Kimberly “Kaydence” Krysuik, a 28-year-old singer-songwriter who turned a cold text message into a studio session with her idol.

In 18 months, a new rights organization will make sweeping changes to how royalties will be collected and paid.

“Time away from my children. That’s the biggest sacrifice in this business.”

"Songwriting and music is my entire existence, it’s all I’m really working towards."

Despite a new ruling to increase songwriters’ streaming pay by nearly 50%, they’re still drawing the short end of the artistic stick.