You acquire a Copyright. This is done by registering your song with the U.S. Copyright Office if you live in the U.S.
They are the ones that make things happen, get the gigs if its a band, help their client to the top.
In the history of art, formalism refers to the study of art by analyzing the purely visual aspects of an object and how they're made. It compares both form and style and emphasizes elements of composition such as line, texture, shape, color, and other aspects of perception. Formalism is not influenced by the historical/social context or the iconography of the subject.