Voice Over Actor, Singer and Author Rodney Saulsberry leads this discussion about why recording artists are currently selling their music catalogs. Most recently, it was reported that Bob Dylan sold his entire music catalog to Universal Music for more than $300 million—and Dolly Parton also announced that she may be doing the same.The sale of a music catalog involves selling ownership of the copyright in either songs, or recordings, or both, depending on which copyrights the seller owns.