Lyrics for a song: “Anything goes - if it has success”
The FONDATION SUISA dedicates its CHF 25,000 recognition award to lyricists of musical works this year. But what makes a …
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Award for songwriters at the Swiss Music Awards
The newcomer Nickless and the renowned producer Thomas Fessler won the first award for songwriters at the Swiss Music Awards …
SUISA Board meeting: Collections, budget and sponsoring for classical music
Four times each year, SUISA Board members gather in committee and plenary meetings. Some of the agenda items are recurring …
The fight for the copyright review gets tougher
Dear members, the Swiss Federal Council launched the consultation for a draft to review copyright in December 2015. The draft …
“If I had made a movie with African music, I would have been freer.”
The Swiss composer Niki Reiser received the CHF 25,000 Film Music Prize of the FONDATION SUISA in the course of …
Second attempt to review the Swiss Copyright Act
The preliminary draft by the Swiss Federal Council for a review of the Swiss Copyright Act was not able to …
Interim review on hit boxes, three years after their introduction
After a two-year test phase, hit box monitoring has been the basis for the distribution of remuneration for music on …
New distribution key for performing and broadcasting rights
The SUISA distribution key for performing and broadcasting rights will be changed from 01 January 2017 onwards. For works with …
This beating heart
On Tuesday, 25 October 2016, in the evening, his heart stopped beating: Pädu Anliker, the “Master of Ceremony” in the …
Mediate between melody, harmony and rhythm
FONDATION SUISA grants Heiri Känzig its Jazz Award 2016. The musician from Zurich is regarded as one of the most …
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Where the music is new
Camilla Sparksss: “A lovely Christmas present”
A former monk’s hermitage serves as the birthplace for new songs by Camilla Sparksss. To this day, the view over …
“Nothing, nothing at all beats a well-written song”
The international success with Bonaparte is the current highlight of the long-term songwriter career of Tobias Jundt. He penned several …
“Without an organisation like SUISA many songs would never have been created”
The famous and popular musician Peter Reber has been a SUISA member since 1971. In a written interview, the composer, …
Label Suisse 2016: 70 Künstler, 7 Bühnen und 100 000 Zuschauer
Rock, Pop, Folk, elektronische Musik, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Chanson, Chorgesang und klassische Musik: Schweizer Musik so weit das Ohr reicht. Gleichzeitig …
General Assembly 2016 of the Cooperative Society SUISA in the Paul Klee Centre
217 composers, lyricists and publishers of music have taken part in the SUISA General Assembly on 24 June 2016 in …
Bestimmen Sie bei der Verteilung mit
Rund 125 Millionen Franken kann die SUISA aus den Einnahmen von 2015 an Urheber und Verleger verteilen. Für die SUISA-Mitglieder …
SUISA creates Joint Venture with SESAC: Mint Digital Licensing
SUISA has founded a Joint Venture together with the US American collective management organisation SESAC under the name Mint Digital …
Tariff negotiations 2016 - an overview
While companies in other sectors are at their busiest during the Christmas period, SUISA “sales” hit their peak time during …
Stream ripping – tape recorders on the internet
Stream ripping software records audio and video streams. A copy of the entire stream can thus be saved as a …
New Concert Tariff 2017
After some intensive negotiations, SUISA and the association of concert organisers have agreed on a new concert tariff. The new …
Publishing agreements: What do I need to consider?
Publishing agreements in Switzerland are governed by the Swiss Code of Obligations (OR) The respective statutory provisions on it are, …