Are you a musician collaborating on sessions with other musicians? Make sure you fill out a Split Sheet, so you establish who owns what pieces of the song when it comes time to collect royalties. Get my free split sheet template here: aristake.io/2BSdXy
@alexmurphynj2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all your doing for us Ari.
@JAPANESEJENN Жыл бұрын
This is soooo informative!! Thank you Ari
@thisiszo7 ай бұрын
Thanks for this great interview!I will look into my songs over at the MLC.Thanks!
@willmcmillan14302 жыл бұрын
Thank you for yet another excellent conversation which illuminates a complicated and confusing topic, Ari! The service you provide to all of us independent musicians with your interviews is invaluable. Ps: I just bought a copy of your book to give to a friend who recently retired from her day job and is now able to focus on her life as a songwriter/arranger/pianist/singer...
@nickgalanti81492 жыл бұрын
Thank you for everything bro
@KennyPackerOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Ari! This is unbelievably valuable information, and you were asking my questions as I was thinking it! Does it make sense for a US singer/songwriter to register with a service like Songtrust if the bulk of your streams is in the US? You're right! We are completely in the dark about what that rate breakdown is to know if taking a 15% hit is actually worth it abroad. It's hard to think about missing out on ANY money owed to us, even if it isn't much, but you also have to weigh is that cut for a Pub-admin worth it? I don't know the right answer yet, and I suppose we all have to do what we think is best. I have my first original song coming out on May 28, and I have registered with BMI but hadn't registered on Songtrust yet. Knowing the MLC will handle U.S. mechanicals (which, in my case, is the bulk of streams), I feel I don't know what to do yet. I am grateful for your knowledge and for asking the right questions for all independent artists out there. Thank you, Arri!
@ArisTake3 жыл бұрын
So happy you found this information helpful! -Alexis
@KennyPackerOfficial3 жыл бұрын
@@ArisTake Update: I did decide to register with Songtrust after all. Thanks again for the information! 😎
@rome_p89143 жыл бұрын
@@KennyPackerOfficial did you also sign up with The MLC as well?
@willmcmillan14302 жыл бұрын
@@rome_p8914 I think if he signs up with Songtrust he does NOT have to sign up directly with the MLC (if I correctly understand what Ari and Kris explained to us in this video...)
@mr.mikehunt42862 жыл бұрын
Scam…just form a class action against the harry fox agency and see what they did
@CassTheMuse2 жыл бұрын
Ari bringing the game to the indies.. #undefeated #unmatched
@TarotReadingsandMeditations2 жыл бұрын
I hope MLC has an easy online way to correct errors. They also need to collect for international streams.
@DJHardFilms2 жыл бұрын
thanks
@user-jw4fz3sq1w Жыл бұрын
Totally appreciate it thank you
@HarmonybonesBlueberryJohnson Жыл бұрын
I just was told that all of the artists needed a song split sheet with all the signed artists on it. So it’s way more work than just signing up
@douglasfuqua70823 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Arie...went straight there and signed up. Not a 100% solution (international releases, for example, as you pointed out), but a heck of a lot better than the past (we hope). For all you do, THANK YOU !!!
@douglasfuqua70823 жыл бұрын
Ari... (Not Arie).. Sorry..darn spellcheck....
@HarmonybonesBlueberryJohnson4 ай бұрын
Aris, I am a HFA songfile shareholder. I talked to the Man right here in los Angeles in 2000. Chris Herron. He sat right in front of that sign and I talk to him about my Harry Fox agency song file and when I called to sign up now they swing down that it just started in 2018. Well I had an MLC account without me even knowing it in 2004 I had money in the account $18.06 dollars for songs that had not never came out with my artist name on there yet because they had not started now I called to claim my songs and they’ve already been claimed. They claimed that my account is on hold I said well I had Account way back in 2004. We only started in 2018. Well I also know that only did I go into the MLC to talk to Chris who sat at the front desk he assured me in 2000 that my songs would be saved by being in the Harry Fox agency. Someone told me that the MLC was constantly being sued is why they can’t cannot stay in business. So basically, they don’t know who the FI am and even more importantly, I don’t know who the F I am
@sunflaresongs73103 жыл бұрын
This was so good! It was like a group of wires clinging together like spaghetti only to lead back to one phone. Complex, tedious, but so necessary. Thanks for this feature.
@ArisTake3 жыл бұрын
Happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for listening -Alexis
@TheOneJPtv2 жыл бұрын
I'm wit it.
@galaxysorceress3 жыл бұрын
😅 I just checked the MLC data base, but none of my songs are in it...do you have to be registered with a PRO to show up in the data base? I just registered all my songs with one last week, but some songs are still getting cleared. I’m sure if that’s the case then it might take a while for them to show up in the MLC database maybe. Otherwise, what the heck? Where are my songs ? lol
@ArisTake3 жыл бұрын
Hey Noel! Check out this article for an in depth description - Alexis aristake.com/songwriters-claim-mlc-money/
@ariherstand3 жыл бұрын
May be best to register directly with the MLC and get them in their database! More info here: aristake.com/songwriters-claim-mlc-money/
@galaxysorceress3 жыл бұрын
@@ArisTake Awesome! Going to check it out right now. Thanks!
@galaxysorceress3 жыл бұрын
@@ariherstand After some research, I have come to the conclusion I will do that. Thanks Ari! 💓
@ruphaschege9411 Жыл бұрын
Are the mechanical royalties for composition side or for both composition and sound recording?? 🤷🏿♂️
@Nolmarie12 жыл бұрын
Do music distributers collect a royaltie too ,which one iam confused
@robbert433 Жыл бұрын
Remember the MLC controller how much they say they received/you received. Also, they get paid tax paying dollars as a non-profit semi gov entity. They where designated.
@BroMarlon23 жыл бұрын
So how do set up to get all your royalties if you are and indie composer. I’m submitting only instrumentals for sync license. ?
@BroMarlon23 жыл бұрын
I also have it distributed through Songtradr
@robbert433 Жыл бұрын
I want to no I'd they verify who signed what type of percentage contract.
@ArisTake Жыл бұрын
The MLC get their info directly from publishers. If the info is wrong, have your publisher reach out. If you don’t have a publisher, you can reach out directly. No, they don’t verify this info.
@blackness62 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know how much you can make using the mlc
@robbert433 Жыл бұрын
Like I said
@douglasfuqua70823 жыл бұрын
Ari...not Arie....spellchecker, again. Sorry about that....I really do know your name...got your book, too. Anyhow, aren't computers and tech wonderful? "To err is human, but to really mess things up....ya gotta have a "computer"...". All the best, Ari...always. --- Doug ("Crossbow"), BMI, Florida, USA
@ArisTake3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening Doug! Glad you enjoyed the episode -Alexis