Yes, registering now ensures that when you release your music, your songwriter royalties come directly to you. This way, nobody can claim they didn’t know the music was yours and give it to someone else. Remember, even though your compositions will be registered, you won’t receive royalties until you release…

Sometimes, you might be able to get royalties that were not claimed before. However, Master Publishing can’t guarantee success with this process. It depends on the rules of the collection societies and income sources worldwide. If you had a previous publishing deal, it might affect Master Publishing’s ability to collect…

A composition has two sets of rights: the writer’s share, which belongs to the songwriter/composer, and the publisher’s share, which can be managed by a publishing administrator like Master Publishing. As a songwriter, you own both shares, but you can transfer the rights in the publisher’s share through a publishing…

You’ll get statements for your writer’s share directly from your local PRO like BMI/ASCAP. But for your publisher share, Master Publishing takes care of it. We handle registrations with your local PRO and many other sources worldwide. You keep full ownership and control of your rights. So, Master Publishing acts…

Master Publishing would not be able to represent these specific compositions until the term of any pre-existing agreements has ended. This means that if you already have a publishing or publishing administration agreement in place with another entity, we cannot collect the royalties for the composition. In the meantime, we…

What is a Performing Rights Organization (PRO)?A PRO such as BMI/ASCAP is a separate entity from a Publishing Administrator such as Master Publishing, but both work to ensure songwriters get paid. They play important roles in a songwriter’s career. Why should I be affiliated with a PRO?We recommend affiliating with…

If you’re a songwriter in USA, yes, we would definitely recommend for you to be a member of BMI/ASCAP. BMI ASCAP issues you with an IPI number which you’ll need to sign up to our service. We don’t replace everything your performing rights society collects for you as a songwriter….

A common misunderstanding in the music business is thinking that being part of a performing rights organization (PRO) like, ASCAP, or BMI makes a publishing administrator unnecessary. However, this is far from true. The fact is, PROs and publishing administrators are different and have distinct tasks, but they both work…