What different types of income do I earn as a songwriter?

You can make money from your compositions in several ways, which fall into four main groups:

Mechanical Royalties: Earned from interactive/on-demand streaming, digital downloads, physical products (like vinyl and CDs), and ringtones. The streaming services pay a small percentage of each stream directly to PROs/ collecting societies.

Public Performance and Broadcast Royalties: Earned from interactive/on-demand streaming, digital radio, radio, TV, live concerts, and venues like bars, restaurants, and gyms.

Synchronization Licensing Fees: Earned from licensing your music for use in TV shows, films, commercials, video games, and other media.

Print Royalties: Earned from sheet music sales (both online and physical) and songbooks.