PRS For Music And PPL - Song Registration Process 

@@mattavalon Thank you 😊 I'm glad you've found it helpful. :)

I'm really glad to hear that it's now working fine. 🙂 Good luck with your music journey!

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial Thank you for your help. I just needed to be patient and wait a bit.

Thank you for your comment. It's much appreciated. 🙂

Thank you very much for your comment David. I appreciate it. 🙂

The songwriting group I belong to were talking about it last night and getting a bit confused- I’ve passed your video on to the rest 😎

@@davidfalconer3183 Nice one. 🙂 I publish other videos trying to help independent musicians like me. A songwriting group? That's an interesting concept.

Thank you 😊

If you are in the UK, PPL is the sole agency for ISRC's in the UK. So if you want to generate your own ISRC codes that will be internationally recognised, the only way to do it is to be registered with PPL.

Hi and thank you for your query. Yes, this is something I can help you with. I now offer this type of support as part my consultancy service. If you are interested, I can share a booking link with you.

Thank you for your comment and feedback. I will take it on board and see how I can improve in the future. I also now have 2 supplementary videos on this subject: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2QlPfyaeKDI.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GmDO890YYpM.html

Tunecode is a code that PRS assigns to each of your works and by which that work can be identified.

Hi. I've received similar questions in the past. I think it's got something to do with the fact that the full registration as a PPL member can take time and, until it's fully processed, some options aren't available. It may be just a case of waiting and checking again in a few days.

Thanks for your reply but I have been on PPL since 2013. I've reported the issue to PPL and I'm now waiting for their response. @@bartekpiwonskiofficial

@@beehiveour It sounds like the best thing to do in this instance. I'm sure they will get it sorted for you.

Hi. You don't upload actual tracks to PRS or PPL. Your songs are tracked via their ISRC codes. However, for better coverage, especially in international territories, PRS has recently partnered up with Soundmouse. Now here you upload your mp3's for tracking purposes. Check out my other video on this new partnership: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZNqcdehxY-w.html I will also be publishing a video on what the registration process with Soundmouse looks like and how to upload your tracks in the near future.

@LATINONUEVAERAOFFICIAL This is slightly complicated and it depends on whether you post the songs by yourself or go through a distributor. When you go through a distributor, your ISRC codes are automatically assigned to your songs and you will get paid when they are streamed on RU-vid Music. Also, some distributors like Tunecore offer RU-vid content id within their plans so you can get paid that way as well. Even if you post them on your own channel for example.

When it comes to song writing royalties, they are called mechanical royalties and, in order to claim them, you need to register with MCPS.

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial I though PRS for music plus ppl is what they do they pay your royalties when is played online? Im so contuse, doesnt prs for music will make sure I get pay my royalties when my music is played?

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial As a PRS member As a PRS member, you transfer your rights to perform or play your work in public. This includes live performance, radio and TV broadcasts, films and adverts, streaming, downloading, ringtones and hold music for phone systems. We can then monitor any kind of music use and collect any due royalties. acording to the website MCPS is used when u want to do cds so physical copies,

@LATINONUEVAERAOFFICIAL PPL deal with broadcast royalties from your masters and if you have an officially released video, like on TV but not your own video on your own RU-vid channel. PRS deal with song writing and publishing royalties that you can earn 2 ways - while performing live or when other people perform your songs live or on recordings. Or when your music is played in public or broadcast on the radio/TV or when your songs are synched in games, films etc.. MCPS, which is joined up with PRS, pays mechanical royalties for sales of physical copies as well as online streams. I don't think that there is a way of getting paid directly through PRS for posting your own music on your RU-vid channel. Unless your channel is monetised, the best way to get paid for that is through RU-vid content id option.

Thank you for your positive feedback. Yes, you need to register a release once a song or songs are out there.

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial do you have a videoexplaining this??

@johnnyboytube No, I don't but I will make one as I see that there is an appetite for it. Bear with me.

Yes, you do. Once you are registered, you will be able to register all your songs. I should probably make another video on this.

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial Thanks so much ! and of course, makes sense.... It's a great idea to make a video on how to sign up from scratch, for people like me who don't understand it much.

another question... just to get it straight, so, if you search on PPL repertoire for an artist, it would not appear there even if they released music, UNLESS they signed up and registered their songs on the PPL platform?

@@delia_ra Yes, that's correct. Someone has to physically register a song for it to be on PPL's database.

@@delia_ra I am going to make one. Thank you for the suggestion. 🙂

@DRZ_UK In theory they should not have any rights to your performance and mechanical royalties. Unless they had some input in the song writing process. However, it all depends on the contract you have with them so it's worth checking. Also, some labels have publishing arms and, if they manage your publishing, they will take a cut of those royalties. I hope this helps.

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial Perfect thank you, will look into this!

Hi Remiee. The layout of an ISRC code is as follows: The first two letters identify the country where you are based, for example UK. The next three letters are your unique registrant code. Those five initial characters are assigned to you by PPL so when creating your ISRC codes, you simply need to put them at the beginning of your code. The next two numbers represent a year in which a song is released, for example 23. The remaining five numbers are called a designation code but effectively they form some kind of a catalogue number. The most logical way to go about them is to match them to the order of your releases in a particular year. For example 00001, 00002 and so on. So a complete ISRC code will look something like this: UKABC2300001. Here is a link to the guidance issued by PPL: www.ppluk.com/membership/more-information/isrc/

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial thank you so much I appreciate that I’ll give it a go when I get back home 😛🤗

@@remieexenon Super! Good luck! Let me know how it goes if you have any further questions. 🙂

Can you still register for the ppl Even when the song is already out?

@@boalifevida7212 Yes, you can. You just need to provide the actual release date.

Hello there. You've asked a very good question. I am actually preparing more of a series on these subjects as I get quite a lot of 'supplementary' questions to this video. Firstly, you own a copyright the moment you have created something regardless of the fact whether it's registered or not. Of course registering it helps to prove it and it allows you to claim royalties in certain scenarios. To answer your question, it is important to distinguish between writers or composers and musicians who recorded the song. If you wrote a song with other people, for example you wrote the music and someone else wrote the lyrics, you both have a copyright to that song and can claim 50% each from any performing or mechanical royalties. That's the composition. Now when it comes to recording multiple versions of the same composition, different musicians could take part in recording these different versions and therefore they could only claim recording royalties for a version that they are on. And this is where the difference is in registering a song with PRS vs PPL. With PRS you register a composition, including the lyrics but with PPL you register each individual recorded, and typically released version of that composition. However, for someone else to be able to claim any of these royalties they must register themselves with PRS, PPL or both as well. That's different from registering the songs. I hope all this makes sense.

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial thanks for getting back to me i’ve been going around in loops, generally I write lyrics and sing and some one else makes the music but I hate waiting around for them to finish so I like having lyrics copyrighted just in case any of the other parties abandon the project but use my work for anything else (obviously without the prs or ppl i thought i’d get no notifcation of it’s use because it was never registered if that makes sense), the song was never completed so i never had it on prs or ppl so they can use it without me ever knowing about it if that makes sense. Currently signed up to distrokid but they don’t publish or cover tv, radio or live performance, do I need PRS as well as Distrokid and PPL on top of those two, or PRS and MCPS because that seems similar to distrokid, anymore help would be greatly appreciated you have earned a sub sir

@@Nottz4Lyf18 Thank you very much. 🙂Distrokid is only a distributor and it pays 'master' or recording royalties. As you said, it does not cover radio, TV or live performances. I would say that registering your songs with PRS, MCPS and/or PPL is a good idea regardless of which distributor you choose to release your songs with.

Hi there. I have now published a video on music royalties which clarifies some of this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GmDO890YYpM.html

Those are different things that you can obtain elsewhere. Thank you for giving me an idea for another video. Stay tuned. :)

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial Hi, did you end up making the video? Thank your the above video on registering a recording - I managed to do that successfully. However, for registering a release, I'm also not sure on what to put for barcode or catalogue number. I'm distributing with CD Baby if that makes a difference.

@@moore_news Hi. Yes, I made that video. Here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZAoCuAnNTSs.htmlsi=H_RH6Tx-VZFUI_5L

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial Awesome, thanks so much for the reply!

@@moore_news You're very welcome :)

I'm glad you like the video. It's a one off fee of £100 to join PRS. PPL membership is free.

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial Tnx mate

@@mehranmosaddeq Pleasure 🙂

@@bartekpiwonskiofficial another question mate, so I believe we need PRS membership anyway, as PPL needs the Tune Code which generated by the PRS. Am I right?

@@mehranmosaddeq It depends. Do you write songs or only perform songs that other people wrote? If you write or co-write songs then you register them with PRS as your works. PPL deals with your rights as a performer. Think about it that way. You write a song but then also perform it whilst recording it. You are on that recording as a performer. Once your song is used somewhere, you are owed royalties both as a song writer and a performer. PPL deals with the actual recording whilst PRS deals with composition. If you are a song writer and a performer, I recommend registering with both bodies. If you are only a performer, just register with PPL.

I'm glad that the video is helpful. Where do you play and when?