How to sell beats: Collect royalties using BMI and Copyright.gov 

Producers is what makes us rappers make good music.

This guy's a dope dude! He understands things from every point of view 🙏

Good video! I know a lot of producers who are new like myself who are confused on the legal side and they aren’t getting what the deserve

thanks bro, I've been making beats for over 10 years and this one video actually got me to where I need to be business wise, I downloaded both the contract templates. much love man

Your opening blasts my speakers, then you talk softly?

Thank you bro .... ive been making beats for years and by far this is the best info vids ive seen from the business side. Always share info .

The video starts at 2:37 ..

BMI and ASCAP only collect royalties on performances of the song copyright. There is also a sound recording copyright which needs to be protected.

I upload all my beatz online and if someone uses my beatz without permission or payment I just sue them. This method saves time on copyrighting. Lol! Kidding. Good info

Good info. #1 tip is: READ YOUR CONTRACTS or get an attorney that can read it for you BEFORE you sign!

Thanks so much! Really enjoyed your upload. Very informative and concise. Well done!

hi bro! thank you for sharing, finally I understand the process, because till now I've seen only the half of the structure, now I see the hole picture, much love bro and continue because you give goldie information

SUPER SMART GUY!!! THATS WHAT IM DOING! This way beat-stars cant monetize my work!

Thank You for this. I had way too many acoustic drum beats stolen.

I just started making beats a month ago thank you for this knowledge

Registering your copyrights is not required. Registering your beats with the PROs is also not required if they are not publicly performed on their own. But you are right, the only way I know of is to tell your customers to add your info to their songs registration with their own PROs

finally someone who speaks perfect english

GREAT VIDEO MAN, SUPER INFORMATIVE - WILL BE SHARING WITH MY GROUP OF PRODUCERS FRIENDS

I remember doing this by paper and mail back in the day. It took years for the copyright office to catch up. Glad to see it’s gotten more commission. I used to be with BMI. But I didn’t like the idea of them getting a cut. How can writers get. Their own publishing and monitor the use of their music?

I did a collective of 30 beats at 1 time some years back just for GP. Through trial and error I learned a great deal about the business. GsacMusic was here.

I subscribed and liked becuz i fux wit all the knowledge you given..... Thanx bruh

Very informative video as usual. No tricks, not trying to claim you will give us information just to sell us something like i see some people out there doing. Thanks alot and welcome back!

Thanks for the helpful information! I haven't started any process making my music available to be "used" yet. I have a catalog of recorded material over quite a few years now. I have wondered just how hard it would be to put it out there for any potential recognition or profit. Thanks for making it easy to understand the process.

Great video. I won't even work with an artist if they're not BMI registered. Another avenue I use to sell beats is releasing my kits as a cpmpilation, then release it through a third-party distributor so the tracks go through moderation. I use Routenote, they're great with the overall process as far as legally protecting your rights...and getting your money.

For a situation like designer and menace,....in the contract u can negotiate it to where if it breaks the top billboard , the artist has to re negotiate the deal or sease use of that beat. Once it hits the top billboard the label will be more than willing to go back and pay a little more. I think menace talked about it in a couple interviews

Thanks man! btw if anyone is an Australian producer, the cheapest way I've found to get a work id number for your beats is to upload them through distrokid, register with APRA AMCOS (might take a while to get verified but don't let up), copy the generated ISRC code from your beats and add them into your list of APRA registered songs. The system should then give you a work Id.

Wow! I stumbled across this accidentally. What a great guy for putting all this info out there. Makes me think, "Why can't I do this?" I've always had lots of music in my head, but can't play any instruments. So I'm really lost. LOL Regardless, thanks for sharing that info and thumbs up. Best of luck to you.

When the writer copywiters the lyrics, the producer name doesn't get listed as an author. The producer has to copywrite the beat separate from the lyrics. Royalty splits are discussed after the beat and lyrics are copywritten. Pa forms for the song. SR forms for the actual mastered CD that's being reproduced for sale. Hope that helps✌🏻✌🏻

GOOD INFO. Been educating myself big time on all this backend legal stuff. I also have an account with BEATSTARS outside of my own website, so I gotta dot “I”s and cross “T”s

Thank you bro... This is very helpful... God bless you man

Where you been? Gotta be consistent these days smh. I liked your channel back when you uploaded often. Keep this up

The songs I've written are copyrighted as of 2012. Hoping to share the recordings for each song soon as it sounds great. Thank you for the video.

New follow. Good, clear, concise information you have here. I appreciate it.

I give thanks for this and I need to know more

Thank you for taking the time to share this knowledge.

Thanks bro I been doin Beats for 5yrs I’m just starting to pop I’m getting this done like yesterday

88Beats i wanted to say thank you for the helpful info i appreciate you. So far you the only one that kepted it 100 god bless you, For inspiring my talent i put aside.

When copyrighting beats on copyright.gov as a producer, should you do the performing arts, or the sound recording section and payment: or both?

Thanks for the video. Very helpful

Get your beats coded. Get isrc and upc codes embedded in your beats Then once you register your beat with bmi,ascap whomever you're a member with this secures tracking of beats. Theses days artist feel they don't have to pay the producer and can run off with the beat and become rich and don't pay the producer, composer of beats.

Thank you for this video. Very informative 🖒🖒

Thanks for the info. Very clear and easy said.

Good advice.

This video is so helpful it answered my questions

When you say 3-4% for the producer about royalties, what is the part for the rapper? It seems unbalanced..

I PRODUCE MY OWN BEATS AND WRITE MY OWN SONGS SO HOW DO I PROTECT BOTH WHEN IM RELEASING THE SONG AND THE BEAT IN 1???

Imma need y’all to pay attention he dropping jewelz 🤦🏽‍♂️how he answer all your questions and you asked the same question sounds like a learning curve problem 👨🏽‍✈️🤣😂🤣

Great job I really needed a refresher.

just getting started! Great info and video!

Lowkey if your a beat maker you should make your own songs. On top of just selling the beats. Sell some but def keep some to yourself and record your own tracks. I see more and more why Pierre did that

Thank you for sharing this information. you helped a lot.

I don’t do the 20 beats for 25$ because it’s a matter of quality vs. quantity!! Lots of those so called producers who do that are selling filler beats with no value!

I feel sleepy..

Peace n blessings Great Video

Great video.

More power to you

Keep uploading consistently fam! #Salute

Thanks

You mind doing another video. like an updated 2021 version and anything different that you learned ?!?!

Thanks a lot for the info

so helpful! Thank you!

Good info... Thanks

Do producers collect royalties on exclusive beats they have sold?

very helpful man thanks a lot .... I hit that subscribe button!

Thank you Rory 🙏🏿

Thanks for the info bro ..Just subbed and liked

People try not to use Publishing Companies, because then that's half your money gone right there. When you write and self-publish, it's all you. HOWEVER, one must consider... if you Self-Publish but then you aren't with BMI, you didn't Sound Exchange, you didn't Song Trust, and maybe you even Distributed yourself... well, who is getting those Royalties for you? You. And if you aren't collecting, then you're getting 0% of what ever you should be making. You're just lost in the sauce. I STILL strongly suggest Self Publishing (through a Distributor)... but you got to get educated and find out who you need to ally with, who you need to pay even in some cases, to go get your money for you. Because the fact is, we really can't just go around ourselves tracking and collecting these. And if you can, then you need to upscale that and be the next BMI/Sound Exchange/Song Trust and make that real money. LMAO! Self Publishing opens up the opportunity to fully realizing your potential profits... but if your Publishing Company handles EVERYTHING and collects every cent out there, it may well be worth that split. Got to think deep on it, make your own decisions.

Great shared Information!

Thank you so much for this video 😊🙏

Thanks this video is good....great info

I've been getting ready to do exactly this. I havent leased anything. I havent sold anything. I'm in the process of trying to get an artist I'm working with to release his music with me. This particular song is over a existing beat. From a hit song that I got the instrumental for. What's that process look like through BMI? Do I gotta reach out to Jayden smith to release a song over a beat from him or... that seems crazy.

isn't bmi just tracking radio play and nothing else?

Trying to sell beats. Thanks for the information

this is a gem!!!!!

What if a label is reaching out to you for your beats what do I do ? The problem is my beat is not copyrighted and don't want them stealing so it's best to protect my work at all cost.

This is a great vid but the only thing I’m confused on is I am a producer so when trying to collect royalties from your publishing company are u registering the BEAT or the SONG with the artist to the beat u produced.. and also if so the song is moving doing good etc and the composer has a publishing company but the artist doesn’t have can the producer still get paid (these questions ppl wanna know & me personally)

Tunecore does the same thing right?

Thanks for the value!

Thanks for this, very helpful. :)

Thanks for dropping some knowledge man. Wondering if you could provide some publishing companies which you mention to do in your video. Also, do you have a video that breaks down and shows what a producer need to upload to sell? Still confused on a) do I upload a loop beat by itself, all the tracks plus the mp3 or wav etc. - thanks!

Great video thanks

Hello there thank you for the tutorial , quick question u said , Make 20 beats, copyright all of them and release those beat for sale you mean? in two weeks you said . Do you register them as 50% ownership and leave space for the buyer ? or u register as 100% then if they buy your beat you then request for thier CAD number and do it for them or how does it work pls?

So RU-vid has lisences and protections automatically. This is so why I like you tube as my main platform. I don't have to pay for them. Independence of the music industry.

Should we remove the registered copyrighted beats when an artist buy-out the full/exclusive license of the beat?

what publishing companies do you recommend for beat makers?

If a person buys an exclusive license, does that mean that person owns the beat completely? How would I "give" them the rights?

If you copyright beats in a bundle, how does BMI track them in the market when they're registered individually? By copyrighting in a bundle, does each track maintain its own identity, or is copyright just protecting the intellectual property itself, and BMI handles the individual use business?

Yo dude your website doesn't have SSL cert which is gonna make google re-direct people away and say your site isnt secure. Most people buy them on Go-Daddy or w/e but there are plugins that will get you an SSL cert in like 5 minutes for free. This isnt an advertiser comment or anything like that, I'm just building my beat store right now and am up on my internet stuff a wee tiny bit more than usual haha, Anyway, appreciate the info dude!!

Good content bro✨📸 I’m locked in

i had an experience with a Battle Rap website, they owned a site for producers to sell beats,.. what they would do is, allow their artists,.. to use the beats for free that you're selling,.. for freestyles and battles.. on the other site.. the Parent company,..which i felt was..stealing what could be profit, it's bootlegging.. now, they're not making any money off of it.. but whats the point of uploading there if they are working around in a loophole type of fashion..?.. i can sue right?

Who should own the copyrights to the song (master audio recording) though? The producer, the artist, the recording studio or record label. Would this be stated in the contract for who owns the masters?

How do You sign up if your producer for BMI? To Recieve Royalties?

the contract template link in the description is down

Is the process the same for sample based producers?

You totally lost me now.. I just watched your video ‘How to sell your beats: should I copyright my beats’ 🤔

Producers register as publisher correct?

I noticed you mentioned putting your first and last name. Do you recommend putting your trade name or the name you got by musically?

Do I just simply add the isrc code to the comment section? I have to studio.

What is the difference? What about if a rapper uploads on RU-vid or. Spotify. Would I get paid thru BMI ?

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