8 Mistakes to Avoid When Registering a Song on BMI, ASCAP & Copyright

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Are you afraid that you'll register your music incorrectly and lose your music royalties? In this video I cover the 8 Mistakes to Avoid When Registering a Song on BMI, ASCAP & Copyright and we even touch on music distributors at the end of the video. Everything in this video works for ASCAP, BMI, and most performing rights organizations (PRO).
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0:00 Register on BMI before or after I release my song?
0:50 Upload an mp3 during my BMI registration?
1:52 How do I collect publishing royalties?
2:45 Register my beats on BMI?
3:45 How to register public domain lyrics on BMI?
4:35 How to register an album on BMI
5:29 Does my work contain samples if I used a sample library?
6:25 Can I register a song on BMI that I wrote even if another artist performs it?
6:55 Don't lose your Mechanical Royalties!

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@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

Are you affiliated with ASCAP or BMI as a songwriter yet? Leave a comment and let me know what you need to help YOU with your music career!

@tashirose699 2 года назад

Hi great video 💯. I'm going to copyright 10 songs. Just wondering how long I should wait before releasing my album through TuneCore? I'd like to register with ASCAP but with my budget I'd have to do that at a later time. I'm the author of the sound recording and composition & lyrics, etc Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you!

@mwmcbroom 2 года назад

I sent a message to ASCAP a couple weeks ago and I still haven't received a response. Perhaps you can provide an answer. I want to publish a work that I didn't write, but I don't know how to get a hold of the copyright owner. I know his name and where he lived over 20 years ago. I found a couple of email addresses, but they're no good. So I mentioned all this in my message to ASCAP and, since this guy was (is?) a professional musician with publishing credits, I asked if they would contact him and tell him I want to publish one of his tunes. He's got to be a member of either ASCAP or BMI and I'm figuring even if he might be a member of BMI, ASCAP should still have a way to contact him.

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@carltonjhons1278 2 года назад

ama release my first debut single, i understood that i better register it before its actually released, as for samples used in my new track i actually made a remake for some existing song but mine is totally dfferent , i mean same vibe but different in sound, shall i mention am using some existing sample in my song? or i should not mention it?

@kashkash707 2 года назад

BMI

@mintyswirljoy Год назад

wow! That 200% tip was something I never knew about. I just set up publishing for myself. No need!

@TRILLIONUSA 2 месяца назад

Great Video! Great Insight. As a longtime beatmaker and award winning the only thing I would add is I submitted 100 + beats to Sony TV for a TV Show and many were used, I did need to register those beats with BMI or ASCAP to get paid publishing that I still receive. Beatmakers don't need to publish their beats unless they will be used in this type of way as a song beat.

@mackgrace Год назад

This is so helpful, thank you!

@GARDNSOUND 8 месяцев назад

Hey thanks for the vid. You answered my question well!

@Alyssathepayne 6 месяцев назад

I love your content! Thank you for all your help :)

@saltshaker8777 Год назад

Great info. Well explained. Thanks!!!!

@terryparham8099 Год назад

Excellent video! You answered my question on registering my songs on BMI. Thanks.

@PocketbookProphetOfficial Год назад

This was seriously one of the most helpful videos Ive seen this year! Thank you!

@zephyrkhambatta 5 месяцев назад

Great insights for beginners to the industry. Thanks.

@staggersmusic Год назад

Great information! Thanks!

@keithsumner7502 Год назад

Very helpful info. Thank you!

@SheenaT84 Год назад

Great content! Make sure that you double check your aka's when you use the "copy/paste" feature when registering songs from an album so that you don't end up copying one aka meant for one song across all of them.

@juandediossandoval3386 5 месяцев назад

Wow Straight to the point thank you very much sir you got my subscription and continuous following

@kevinconlon5662 2 месяца назад

Very clear. Thanks.

@shafersongs Год назад

Helpful, thanks. Nice studio.

@marcussorenson3148 4 месяца назад

Very helpful... Thank You!

@ybwaiziquel Месяц назад

i love your videos man

@missj9879 2 года назад

This is golden! Thank you for this.

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

You are so welcome!

@pjrichardson8842 2 года назад

Great info!!! Thanks! 👍

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

You bet!

@aspsa6246 6 месяцев назад

Interesting points. Thank you.

@ceasarrushes8197 2 года назад

Definitely answered 2 of my Questions! all the rest I knew! THANKS!!!!! I'm Now Subscribed!!!

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

Thanks for the sub!

@johntalbot1331 Год назад

Great tip about completing an album's worth of tracks. I would have been very confused right at the point you said I would! Thanks.

@AdafooMN Месяц назад

I’m working on an animation series and each episode has a few songs. This is helpful. You have a new subscriber

@Eloho-Inibi Год назад

Thanks for this video

@GeraVMusic Год назад

wow m8 you are such a beauty ! thank you

@baigmusic 2 года назад

Great content, very helpful, thanks!

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@wilhelmrosenthal1305 2 года назад

great content thank you

@tommy-fu5sz Месяц назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH

@dogdelarue 4 месяца назад

VERY HELPFULLY I LOVE YOU

@luigicasiean373 7 месяцев назад

Cool! Thx, bro! :)

@denswellforrest1539 Год назад

You a life saver chief

@Ace_of_DiscaL 4 месяца назад

Eye opening! Could you please kindly make a video with guidance for us sampling artists who use excerpts from other songs to create "originals" or remixes?

@CALUXURYLISTINGS Год назад

Thank you!

@trapslickk4836 Год назад

This really helped

@ChasMusic 2 года назад

Thank you for this. I'm starting to put my music out there and need to learn as much as I can about BMI. Would love to see you do this with copyright.

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

Sure thing! I'll cover copyright in a new video soon!

@thatmannnn 2 года назад

What if somebody stole my song how can I reclaim it

@somewheresomeplace1309 Год назад

@@IndieMusicAcademy Question: What if you want to keep your government name out of public records and only let your artist name show up? what should I do?

@blackustadhmedia1151 Год назад

Subscribed....Man! Straight to the point luv it! Question: What is the purpose of getting your own publishing with the PROs if you can just collect them by putting 200% in the writers column?

@briantuckerworship 4 месяца назад

I would definitely like to know this too!

@mr.houston1043 14 дней назад

Good job on vid too covered a lot some I did for years some I don’t do samples medley’s part smh but not sampled in lyrics smh so much is overwhelming

@nii9334 Месяц назад

Amazing video!!! As a lyric writer would you do a separate uploading from the singer for your royalties or would your name just be added as a songwriter through the singer on bmi and that’s how you’d retrieve royalties?

@MartinGallegosMusic Год назад

Wow this is amazing content, thank you Ryan! How can I ask you a question? Should I use a specific form or email?

@polinabevzz 2 года назад

So interesting and so educational! I would be very grateful if you’d talk about everything that’s connected to the tour part, who gets what and etc, thank you in advance!

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

That's a great idea! Can you clarify your question a bit more? Are you talking about royalties that are generated by going on tour?

@polinabevzz 2 года назад

@@IndieMusicAcademy Yes, exactly! 😀 and just in general everything we need to know while planning the tour 😎

@dbmajormusictx Год назад

Wows thanks for that on the publisher percentage I have a lot of music im uploading and did this so I don’t want to feel as if I’m missing something

@voixoffmasculine 2 года назад

Really interesting videos!!! Thanks! What do you suggest to take care or pay attention for sync music composer (instrumental orchestral)... my goal is to register to ASCAP? Any advice about it? Awal+soundexchange+ASCAP sounds good? enough? :-)

@KaMabui Год назад

Thanks man

@Abacus_CurrentC Год назад

Thanks for all your great work out here. My question: does registering with the MLC negate the need for third party SongTrust?

@crystalbutler659 Год назад

Hello! Thank you for taking time to answer questions! I collaborated with another Artist on a song featured on his album. It is about to be released. He bought the beat from someone. I don't have the beat maker's info. I am with ASCAP, and also own my publishing. 1. When registering my work, do I give myself 50% and the other writer 50%, then under publishing, give myself 100%? 2. Do I have to list the beatmaker since I don't have his info?

@onedayati Год назад

Thanks.

@SMFLilTwino Год назад

Good stuff

@57tele Год назад

Thanks for this. Very helpful. Two questions, please. First, I'm helping an artist register some of his back catalog, but some are from quite a long time ago and he knows only the release year and not the month and day. Can we just give an approximate month and day? Second, in the Artists and Recording section, when the form asks for "are then any artists?", would this be any one performing on the record, or is it only other artists who might share rights?

@marek-maria-lipski 2 года назад

Wow.Super.

@vernonhuskey Год назад

Ryan, you do a great job. Something I missed, when I pulled up SOUND TRUST, I got SONG TRUST. Does Sound Trust own Song Trust? One of these paid a better royalty to singers, if I understood that right. Thank you for your time.

@abcnech Год назад

Great video ! Thank you for clarifying so many things in this video. I have a question . I used CD Baby distribute and release my song . When i register my song at BMY do I put CD baby as Publisher? ...

@lennypena5587 Год назад

Thanks for the video. Does this apply if you are affiliated with ASCAP only? You only referred to BMI on the video.

@KidBrazil01 Год назад

the explanation for uploading a multiple track album or EP asnt elaborated enough in my opinion honestly because do e need to upload the tiltle of the project// i need a step by step alkthrough plesase

@rom_ash_ca 2 года назад

Thank you very much for such an insightful video Ryan, this is very helpful and explains many steps in the registration process! I am just curious, if my work contains sounds or a loop from the samples which were provided with the DAW when I purchased it (Ableton), does this mean my song technically contains samples?

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

Good question! It does NOT contain samples because those loops are royalty free.

@rom_ash_ca 2 года назад

@@IndieMusicAcademy Great, thank you very much for clarifying 😊!

@billt3031 2 года назад

Is it still the same if you use a sample from 'Cymatics'? They say that they are royality free

@MarianRenta Год назад

I nearly had a stroke at 00:08, I thought someone let off a round right in my house omg .. thanks for the refresher ;-)

@yetcop 5 месяцев назад

Great video. What do you recommend for a composer who wants to make music to sell on his own website, and sell usage licenses? I should register the music in BMI (or equivalent), or I should not register it, since I am interested in whether it is ROYALTY FREE. On the other hand, should I register all of them in BMI and better license them to buyers so they can then monetize through a Content ID dispute on RU-vid? Sorry if it sounds confusing, I just don't know how to explain it.

@nikia_lyrical 13 дней назад

thank you

@eddyvelizveliz3992 Год назад

Excellent information thanks! I have question that maybe you already answered it, but I am still confused. How does BMI know which songs belongs to the songwriter when being played on Spotify? I registered a song on BMI and then the artist that recorded the song uploaded it to Spotify, but I saw that he typed my name incorrectly on Song credits. Would that affect me getting the royalties?

@SheenaT84 Год назад

As long as you've submitted your registration correctly under your BMI account and it's linked to the correct artist, you're good. They don't use Spotify writer info to confirm shares. 👍 I believe the artist can still correct your name spelling through their Spotify account, though.

@johnnawodylo5997 3 месяца назад

Great video and recommendations! Quick question... if I am registering some songs on BMI with a co-writer (we are dividing our songs equally for music & lyrics), should I put 100% for myself and 100% for my co-writer? Also we do not have a publisher, so this obviously still adds up to the 200%. I just want to make sure I am doing this correctly? Again, much appreciation for your insights and all the great videos!

@TIHANEtv Год назад

Thank you for this! I still have a question after watching this video & your video about registering as a publisher - if I am a BMI writer & I have my own publishing imprint via BMI - I'm confused about setting the right % if there are multiple composers involved. If I want the writer's splits to match the publishing royalties, does this mean my publishing company still collects 100% or I also split up that 100% to match the Writer's splits? This is hard to describe! Not sure if it's making sense...

@kinzgilead Год назад

Hello, thanks for the videos, they help a lot. Question: if I distribute an artist’s song after he has released the video on RU-vid, will the distribution platform or BMI take down the song? : Do you recommend one rpm for distribution and how do I link it with BMI? Thanks

@briantuckerworship 4 месяца назад

Really great! Quick question based on "How to register an album". If I released 1 song from the album a couple weeks before releasing the album such that there is a "single" version of the song and an "album" version of the song, do I create two submissions for that or rather create one submission and in the "Recordings" part add one recording as type "Single" and a 2nd recording as type "album"

@bws1billsimpson362 8 месяцев назад

Great video. Myself and co-writer wrote a song, he recorded a demo that we can shop around to publishers and artists. . I can go ahead and register our song now with BMI, right? I leave the “publisher” section blank, and we can add a publisher and/or artist later on down the road if the song gets up by a publisher or recorded by an artist, right? Thanks very much. Great and super helpful video!

@ursakayak 10 месяцев назад

Is there a time limit within which when you register a "work" with BMI, that it will be valid, or do you have to re-register at some point? Thanks, great content here.

@LuisMarioOchoa-Artist 5 месяцев назад

Hello, great video! I just have a quick question regarding the collection of publishing royalties. You mention that by writing 200% on BMI, this would eliminate the need for Songtrust? I'd be very happy if that's the case!

@ElTinyBoi Год назад

I have a question, let’s say I don’t own the beat , but I own the lyrics and performed the vocals . What would that be considered as (cover, original, etc…) And do I get any type of royalties from my lyrics even tho I don’t own the beat that it was performed on ?

@dr.mostafaalabyad8002 Год назад

Thanks for your info.. I have a question regarding if I'm the lyrics writer but not the composer but I'm the singer what options should I use? Thanks

@jamg6311 Год назад

QUESTION: can a beat maker take advantage of both licensing beats as well as putting the beats up on BMI to use as instrumentals while waiting for a placement for that best?

@johnjohnson7122 8 месяцев назад

that's what capitalism is all about. if you own the rights, do what you want

@MatthJenks 9 месяцев назад

Indie, do you have an opinion on change of BMI to become a for-profit PRO after decades of being non-profit? Is it still safe to use BMI after they're sold to a private equity firm? And finally, is it easy to switch songs over to ASCAP for royalties once BMI gets looted by investors and saddled with debt? Thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate your videos. (Long time subscriber here.)

@alfredobouzamusic5194 Год назад

Thanks for the info but I’m a little frustrated with BMI because I registered my album Run to the mountain and for some reason there’s not records of it in BMI. I thought I did everything right. I could appreciate some help on this. Thanks.

@BigHugeYES 2 года назад

If one of the writers is on ASCAP, how do you input their info in BMI? And vice versa how do you register a work with ASCAP when one of the writers is BMI? It gets confusing because the ASCAP person will have a publishing account and the BMI person usually won't.

@wlrz 5 месяцев назад

5:42 we came for questions about album upload and got answers. 👍🏿

@Itsjesstoyou Год назад

TY💐

@chansfor Месяц назад

Really helpful, thank you. As both BMI and ASCAP are US based, in the event that our song ends up in a foreign film track (let’s say) will we still receive a royalty ?

@A_to_ZKids 7 месяцев назад

Thanks

@alcreatorr Год назад

can you do a video about sync licensing, I would like to pitch in my beats for companies to use my beat but I know you need to have P.O.R which I have BMI but still not sure how this work, and would like to get a better understanding by registering them or do I not?

@_sonic_tv Год назад

Thanks bro. I have a doubt. Some time ago I participated as a composer in a song, which was registered in Ascap. There they included the authors with their % in which they included me? But I am with BMI and it still does not appear in my catalog. What should I do in that case, since I have no collection record or anything. Thanks in advance. Sorry for the bad english

@raincells 6 дней назад

Great video. In your opinion is one company better than the other? Thank you.

@beeswaxsounds1902 Год назад

Question on #6. Does it work the other way around? For example if i have a publishing account, can i collect the song writing portion?

@djdeedame 2 года назад

Appreciate this video...very informative. You mentioned that Beats makers don't have to register until there are lyrics...what if I'm releasing a Instrumental album? Is that not considered complete because there are no lyrics?

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

Great question! Yes! since these beats are being released to the public in their final form you definitely CAN register on BMI.

@JackHL 11 месяцев назад

Nice, but sounds like a commercial for BMI lol. Still, thank you for all the info! very helpful in making the decisions on who to use in a start-up music career.

@YoungMondo 2 года назад

Thank You

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

You're welcome

@maureenmatthes Год назад

Hi! Thank you for your wonderful videos. My question: l am getting ready to register my songs with BMI. I did form an S-Corp in California, so l do have my own independent publishing company. Would l still just register as a songwriter with BMI and claim 200% or do l need to pay the $250 required to register as a publisher as well? Thank you for your time! Love your videos! Maureen

@CodigoDiferente Год назад

Can you register a not fully mastered song or does it have to be the final mastered version ?

@LoomingShadowOfficial Год назад

I'm registered to BMI, and I'm just starting to get into stock music licensing. Do songs submitted to stock libraries need to be registered with bmi first, or is it similar to selling beats since some sites have set rates?

@FHMusic Год назад

Question, do I upload my music to youtube apple music etc, before or after I register the song?

@dragc6206 Год назад

Excellent video😎 how can I register my songs if I already have them in my RU-vid channel with out register the songs? Is that possible?

@adamking5132 4 месяца назад

I've done songwriting before but have never released material or music before. I live in the UK. What website/software would you recommend for copyrighting? Also, how much time do i need to leave between copyrighting my song and releasing my song?

@opinionatorX Год назад

How does it work when the producer creates the music and writer creates the lyrics and the song is completed as a finished body of work? Do they copyright together with the LOC? Does the recorded song get registered on BMI together?

@tarakeith1570 Год назад

I purchased the license to remake a song. How are the percentages calculated? How much should the publisher and the original artist receive?

@majorseventh1 Год назад

A very useful video! Is a songwriter able to sign up with BMI as an LLC?

@dycelusoceano Год назад

👀👀 riiigghhhttt

@clay-music Год назад

Thanks for your info. I have been using CDbaby Pro and they register with BMI for me. Now I am leaving CDbaby to another distributor who does not take care of BMI for me. Do I need to re-register all my previous work or make any changes with BMI?

@mikexxxmilly Год назад

Question: If a song has two producers and an artist, does the artist register it or does every "writer" need to separately as well

@prembyrne6550 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for this. If the artist name I use is different than my legal name, which do I use when I sign up with BMI?

@25oscarp 2 месяца назад

so with regard to samples, if I'm using a program to do my drum track such as Ez drummer on an album do I need to put in the BMI registration that I'm using samples

@henryhoward5180 Год назад

I really need to knw how to go about giving agreement on songs I produced as a music producer from what stage to what do I do a split and get royalties

@mwmcbroom 2 года назад

Regarding your comment about how to register a 15-song album, it's worth noting that the Copyright Office looks at things differently, and you should mention this. The Copyright Office has a form you will fill out for a group of works, but it is limited to only 10 works. So, if you want to register a 15-song album with the US Copyright Office; you have to fill out TWO forms and then pay TWO submission payments. It is for this reason that all of my albums now contain 10 songs or fewer. I don't have a big copyright budget to deal with this. It can quickly add up if I want to have albums with more than 10 songs. Also, you mention only how BMI does things. I'm a member of ASCAP. It would have been nice to see from you how ASCAP handles things.

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

Great insights! I would love to know your ASCAP specific questions. Drop them below and I'll clarify what I can!

@Nonamejj256 2 года назад

This has now been changed to 20 songs for music and lyric group submissions 🤟

@IndieMusicAcademy 2 года назад

It's also worth noting (for anyone reading this) that you will not sign up for both ASCAP and BMI - you have to choose one PRO and stick with them!

@tashirose699 2 года назад

Hi, just a quick question...when you registered your 10 song album was this done online? I wanted to register 10 songs the composition and sound recording. I'm not sure if the system would allow me to continue if I typed in the Album title as the title plus the songs would be 11 line items and the US Copyright has a walkthrough video that shows it would generate an error for more than 10 line items. Just wondering if you were familiar with this or ran into an issue when registering. Thank you!

@Nonamejj256 2 года назад

@@tashirose699 the max is 20 now. You can just put each song in individually up to 20

@surfasylumrecords Год назад

We love your videos, thanks so much. What about songwriters who write songs under a pen name? If the songwriter also was the sole owner of the publishing, could they keep using their pen name and collected 200% through publishing (hence zero to the "writer") through BMI?

@joelarmendariz8876 4 месяца назад

There is section under when entering name that says enter other names...

@surfasylumrecords 4 месяца назад

@@joelarmendariz8876 that was fast

@CathryneParks Год назад

Question. Any advice for an ASCAP member composer who was hired and wrote orchestration (for symphony performance) to accompany music which is currently registered with BMI?