Announcing “El MLC en Español”! 

Dae Bogan, The MLC’s Head of Third Party Partnerships, developed this initiative in collaboration with leaders of several of partner organizations, including Take Creative Control [Latin], Protege Tu Música TV, LLC (Protect Your Music TV, LLC), and Songwriters of North America (SONA), and it includes two webinars in Spanish: 

A Fireside Chat with Songwriters Dahlia Lagos and Dani Blau (presented by The MLC and SONA) took place on Tuesday, September 28. It was hosted by Stephanie Santiago-Rolón, Director of Take Creative Control [Latin], who led a conversation with two multi-faceted Latina music creators – Colombian-American singer-songwriter-producer-engineer Dahlia Lagos and Costa Rica-born singer-songwriter Dani Blau. Click here to watch the webinar on-demand.  

Understanding and Collecting U.S. Digital Mechanical Royalties will take place on Thursday, September 30 at 12 noon CT and will be hosted by Yira Santiago, CEO & Entertainment Attorney of Protege Tu Música TV, LLC. Yira will lead a discussion on the U.S. digital music royalties ecosystem and explain how Spanish-language creators can collect those royalties.  She will be joined by panelists Katerine Albert (a member of The MLC’s Human Resources team), Henry Alonzo (Board Member at The Gospel Music Association), Alexandria Davila (CEO at Adarga Entertainment Group) and Mauricio Maestre (Entertainment Lawyer at M&M Lawyers, Colombia). Click here for more information and the registration link. 

In conjunction with these events, The MLC has launched a new Spanish-language landing page for our website, which you can access by clicking www.elmlc.com, as well as: 

  • An “explainer” video that provides viewers with a broad introduction to the concept of digital audio mechanical royalties and the mission of The MLC, and includes a call-to-action to become a Member of the organization. 
  • A new Toolkit designed for organizations that represent Latin music creators comprised of template social media graphics, a flowchart-style diagram that breaks down the landscape of U.S. digital royalties in Spanish, the “explainer” video and marketing materials from the initiatives two webinars.