Are You Maximizing the Earnings on Your Music Royalties?
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🎵 Are you truly maximizing the earnings on your music? Possibly not.
We want to highlight the 3 major and most common type of music royalties you can earn; who earns them and who pays them.
They are:
1) MECHANICAL ROYALTIES
Earned for the physical or digital reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works.
It applies to all music formats such as streaming services, digital downloads, CD, vinyl, cassettes.
Mechanical royalties are paid by your digital distributor (Distrokid, CD Baby, TuneCore etc.) or record label if signed.
2) PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES
Earned for works performed, recorded, played, or streamed in public.
This includes terrestrial radio, television, bars, restaurants, clubs, live concerts, non-interactive music streaming services (Pandora, iHeart) and anywhere else your music plays in public.
PRO organizations such as ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC collect and pay out your performance royalties.
3) SYNCHRONIZATION (SYNC) ROYALTIES
Earned income for copyrighted music paired or ‘synced’ with visual media.
Sync licenses grant the right to use copyrighted songs in films, television, commercials, video games, online streaming, advertisements, music videos, and any other visual media.
For more information on royalties and other music administration inquiries, visit www.firsticonagency.com. Invest in the music career you work so hard on!
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Kevin James has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry in various facets. He has worked as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, on-air radio personality, background actor and film director. Kevin is a Member of the National Writer's Union.