How To Sign Up For SoundExchange and Get Your Royalties & How To Get Four Royalties From One Song!! LISTEN TO NITECAP HERE:open.spotify.com/track/7mATwyLZlzb7AvY3JXYYeX?si=B0TX4AV8SXWbAYVluNv3Rg JOIN THE REDDIT:www.reddit.com/user/PiffBeatz SAVE 7% WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR DISTROKID: distrokid.com/vip/seven/1612436 TEXT ME: distrokid.com/s/ygcSHaK FOLLOW MY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST HERE: open.spotify.com/playlist/40R396JWy31Y8N2uQbb8MT?si=rPjWF0pJRC2qnT63slEI_w 9TH WONDER VS J DILLA PLAYLIST: open.spotify.com/playlist/4NoZ0EUQZ2fuGaiyUMvh59?si=uSy5QEcUR4qD6gwGYrhYtg Dose Soundexchange Collect Royalties? SoundExchange collects royalties for ALL sound recordings played on non-interactive digital radio. This includes recordings and soundtracks made by actors, comedians, and spoken word artists in addition to musicians. What Is A Mechanical Royalty? Mechanical royalties are a royalty paid to a songwriter whenever a copy of one of their songs is made. For instance, when a record label presses a CD of your song, you are due a mechanical royalty. That is the basic story, but it gets a little more complicated. What Is Music Reports? Music Reports (MRI) helps songwriters collect mechanical royalties in the USA. Their service allows musicians to better track and manage their music rights, licensing, and royalties. What Is Music Publishing? In short, music publishing is really all about songwriters and copyrights. ... A music publishing company can offer multiple services for songwriters. As a 'publishing administrator', they administer the copyright - protecting the use of songs as well as collecting royalties owed from use.
I'm glad I found you because i'm looking at some of these questions like *ARRRHHHHHHHHHGH* good thing is my music already did some numbers so I gotta cover the loose ends. better late than a black box right??
Yooo all I gotta say is My Brother, I definitely appreciate you for your the knowledge that you're giving. I already have the SoundExchange with the Spreadsheet, now I just need to do that Music Reports now. Thank You my Brother.
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@PIFFBEATZ Great video man! Thanks for clearing some of this up. However, do you still need to sign up for Music Reports if you already have Songtrust taking care of Mechanical Royalties? Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks!
im tryna get my royalties from a song i produced, but it wants me to put in the album that its on, including the UPC number which i cant find. Also, there was no negotiaion about how many points i get, so i cant submit it... The label ignores me so what do i do know? songtrust wise im getting 33%
Hi, can you show us how you actually make claims in soundexchange?? When I search for my band and recordings in the claim panel, nothing shows up, even though they are definitely on spotify! Do you have to submit sound recordings and then claim them?
Question: If you have featured singers but you'd rather not pay them royalties, can you pay them upfront with a work for hire agreement, and then say in SoundExchange that there's no featured singer(even though there is one technically), but you paid them upfront and signed an agreement that they wouldn't receive royalties? Is that ok?
Hello thanks for the great info. Let’s say you have another artist featured on your record and you guys are splitting the royalty on Distrokid. For sound exchange do you out that same percentage when ask you about percentage?
Hey I'm from the Philippines I tried to apply for this but it's asking for US tax ID after i sent IRS W-ben to prove that i am a foreigner. I'm confused. I thought IRS w-ben is all you need to not get taxed but the next step is asking for US tax ID? thanks
Excellent video, thank you! I'm a newbie. I just submitted 3 songs via soundexchange direct. Am I done, or do I have to go to Associated Recordings and check boxes next to my songs? I don't understand how the the two processes relate to each other. Thanks again!
i only have 176,000 plays on spotify but only a 3 songs that have over 20-30k streams.. is it even worth the time of registering my works right now? so far i have been collecting minor payments from my distributor. at what point do i need to make sure im signed up for BMI, song trust, and sound exchange?
love that beat! but that beat is irritating AF after a while. I'ts like hearing a dead cat on loop. Dope song no doubt but not when Im concentrating on your info. naw mean? good shit. great info.
I'm in high school doing music as a fun side hustle and I need to know Urgently if getting publishers like bmi and getting sound exchange are really worth it or will I just be good on CD baby
Hey great really video. it help mea lot!However this website you shaw later (Music Reports) it is something like Songtrust? so if i have songtrust i dont need that right? I now saw you mention soundexchange and music reports is the same things im confused whats the point of registering to both? You have my thumbs up! Thanks
Ronni Zag great question!! So songtrust is like the CDbaby of publishing. There great!! The collect all of your publishing royalties including mechanical (Music Reports) for a small fee I believe %15. I highly recommend them for anyone, but if you were a super Indie artist and wanted to do everything yourself (I don’t Recommend) or if you like to self publish your own work then you would have to Manuel signup for all of these different services in order to collect all of your money. And Soundexchange and Music Reports are the same but very different. They both collect royalties on your behalf for the music you created but Music Reports collects your Mechanical Royalties (Reproduction of your song, Downloads, Etc) where Soundexchange collects your non interactive royalties (Streaming where you can’t choose your next song [Pandora, Sirius XM, Spotify Free, etc) Hope that helps.
@@PiffBeatzHey thanks for your detailed explanation. Actually i definately go with songtrust i dont want to huslte and do everything on my own. Now makes sence about what is the job of music reports but here there is another question rising from that. We said Music Reports collects your Mechanical Royalties (Reproduction of your song, Downloads, Etc) , arent downloads covered from distrokid for example? and the reproduction of my song covered from my PRO? with that said we should registered with sound exchange and music reports and pro and distrokid then?
You’re video is very helpful. Thanks you. Question: Since I’m a member and registered my songs with ASCAP as both writer and publisher, and registered with SoundExchange, and the US Copyright office, is there any need to use or pay for a Publisher Administrator? My songs will be released next month using TuneCore Digital Distributor. My next registration will be with either SongTrust or Music Reports. TuneCore offers Publishing Administration for $75. Not sure if that’s wasted money and a redundant service with everything I have set up so far. Thanks.
Hi Piff, Thanks for the Very Helpful Video! I have a few questions regarding signing up for "Music Reports" On the first page there where is says "Company Name" and "Society" does that refer to my PRO(SOCAN) and if not and I don't have my own incorporated company can I just leave those blank? and for "Role" should I put 'Artist' ? I hope to hear from you so I can go forward with this. Thanks Man!
