Breaking It Down: Royalties, Payouts & Splits

[@amuseio]

Got a topic you think we should cover in upcoming episodes? Hit us up in the comments 👇

[@lasercams]

How to get in a record label with you.

[@Fabianagmez]

Hi! I have a big problem, on September 7 I paid for my pro version of amuse (I attach the evidence of the transfer) today I want to do a Release and it appears to me that I am a free user, I do not have the benefits of the pro after having paid for it, what could be happening? I need an urgent response because I want to launch a launch very soon. NEED YOUR HELP

[@lasercams]

Fabianagmez I had the same problem except my pro ran out but I still had pro and I trued to get pro for 20$ for a year. After awhile it just went away and worked. I bet I will show that you have pro in a day or maybe a week. I don’t work for amuse I’m just a user.

[@Fabianagmez]

@@lasercams How would I have it in a week or a day? It's been a month and I'm still showing up as a free user

[@lasercams]

Fabianagmez oh, wow. I don’t know then. Sorry.

[@LeonHlabathi]

“send it to your mom” why would my mom watch this though? 👁 👄👁

[@amuseio]

Mom's can be artists too, so why not? ;)

[@NaseeqOfficial]

Plus they love you so they'll watch it regardless

[@ferflores3360]

I promise I will bring my music to the best places with you! Thank you so much for making my dream started to come true! 💖

[@CampInFire]

im not being able to set my album title as the same name of one of the tracks

[@amuseio]

Hello CampInFire! Please contact our support team and we will help you as soon as possible. Submit a request through our webform here: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us

[@miraking9697]

This distributor 👎🏾 ! They took my songs for no reason! Probably they don't pay the estimated 100% when they see that the song is reaching big numbers they block the account to not make any future payments! To the artist. I am completely upset! They don't reply to emails! I want all my songs back, and payment for everything I ever got!

[@topdawgc3]

That’s sick bruh, how and when did you realize took your songs? This my biggest fear with making music… Did you have them copyrighted? That helps big time. Wish the best for you regardless bro, that’s crazy

[@feverliofficial]

I will no longer use amuse because what happened to me has happened to many, they deleted all my releases, I have all the rights that belong to me, they never paid me for the content id which I complained about several times, I have the boost plan, they deleted my releases without explaining why, many times they don't send the songs to all the platforms as you say, I also complained about that, sometimes they didn't answer my messages as you say. I will use another distributor and I will recommend that they not use amuse through social networks.

[@luqmxaxn]

2 in. Even all of my songs, which mostly metal, didn't get a single KZbin Content ID since that's the one I really need. Let's move to Distrokid or Tunecore although they're much more expensive.

[@feverliofficial]

@@luqmxaxn I recommend routenote

[@JMetalGuitarist]

If you’re not using pro, we simply charge you 50% of your splits. But let’s not focus on that. Wait... what!?

[@DavidSeekolaMusic]

15%

[@JMetalGuitarist]

@@DavidSeekolaMusic Is that what she said? Sounded like she said 50... although, I’m admittedly half deaf from blasting loud metal music directly into my earholes since 5th grade... 15 ain’t that bad. Guess they do sound a lot alike. 😅

[@DavidSeekolaMusic]

@@JMetalGuitarist Lol yeah - turn it down man! It says 15% on their website that's how I know. She wasn't clear in the video. And you only pay that if you split the royalty income ... You get 100% back if you don't use that feature.

[@amuseio]

Since we do the math for the free user, we will charge 15% from the royalty split. We do not charge Boost and Pro users. :)

[@Youngdae]

Do you guys pay every month it says that on your service and if I use boost version do I keep 100% of my royalties

[@Gustixa]

hey amuse, is it okay if we make a song using shiloh sample and distribute it to spotify? do we need permission to distribute it?

[@amuseio]

Hello! You always need a liscense to use other artist's music for samples. :)

[@lasercams]

Amuse how would you get a license?

[@xBradRame]

@@lasercams ask the artist you want to use from

[@prodlowd]

@@lasercams if it says "royalty free" usually it is ok to use it

[@lasercams]

@@prodlowd okay thanks. Until I get sued for my 2$. Lol

[@LeonHlabathi]

but why are y’all charging just to add the label name on releases 😐

[@amuseio]

We have made some changes to our service and made Royalty Splits available to all users, even if they’re not on Pro. At the same time, we changed the possibility of adding a custom label to releases. It will not show blank, your artist name will be automatically added as the label. :) If you would still like to be able to add your own label to your releases, you can always subscribe to Amuse Pro, which includes a lot of useful tools for your career!

[@sabinaa-e9w]

What do you mean by free users pay 15% on their royalty splits cut?

[@amuseio]

Hello! Since we do the math on the royalty split for the free user, we will charge 15% from the split. We do not charge Boost or Pro users royalty splits.

[@BassTunesPH]

they dont charge boost and pro users but they freeze it ! 🤣🤣

[@joshuaforeignn35]

Quick question: do you REALLY need a credit card to pay for Amuse Pro? I have a paypal account, but without creditcard :/

[@amuseio]

Hi Josh! Paying Pro with Paypal is available for some countries since last week, where in the world are you at?

[@joshuaforeignn35]

@@amuseio oh, i live in the Netherlands, but it doesn't matter anymore. I used my aunt's creditcard for the Amuse Pro👌🏾

[@Trvpstar01]

@@amuseiohi I’m subscribing for the same but I’m living in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 in Africa and I have a PayPal account can I withdraw my royalties to my PayPal account?

[@zaon_tv]

You guys should work on how to set Amuse wallet in Nigeria and other parts of Africa... We make great music but we're still left out... That's not fair

[@alejandromagana1554]

Hopefully Amuse team reads this: What would the steps be for someone already using Amuse to split royalties and appear as an artist/colaborator (Feat.) with an artist verified from another Music Distribuitor? Is this possible? I remixed some music and he's releasing these in a new album soon through with Amuse, he is already a member or your platform, my artist profiles are already created because I previously released music using other music agregator. Just wondering what will he need from me when he uploads his album and has to set the proper information in the colaborators section. Thanks a lot in advance!

[@inhousekillaproductions]

And it's been a year and they didn't answer your question makes me question using them .

[@alejandromagana1554]

@@inhousekillaproductions what a pity isnt it?

[@BassTunesPH]

do not use AMUSE they only make your account Frozen like mine they only want our money! I don't know the exact reason why they freeze my account!

[@EMNepal]

Hi Amuse, I am very satisfied with your service but can you tell us when will you guys bring downloadable statement income. We need Downloadable Statement of each and every streaming platform like KZbin. It would be great. Thanks.

[@VaraohGaming]

please do make this a thing

[@shortrecipes9312]

One of my songs on which 5K streams have come, still I am not able to see the money of that song on the Amuse wallet and the money is not visible on the wallet, then I can't also withdraw it.

[@amuseio]

okay, but as mentioned in the video it can take some time for stores to pay out royalties. But if you still are having issues after 3-6 months then please contact our support team in the app for more help.

[@shortrecipes9312]

it's 2 months now I will wait for few more months @@amuseio

[@djevibz]

How do I go about the split if I’m using Amuse pro and the artist I’m featuring uses Distrokid?

[@amuseio]

Hi David! You will need to invite your collaborator through email or with their telephone number. They will need to create an Amuse account in order to accept the split, they will be able to create an account once they recieve the invite. :)

[@Dilli_boogie]

Hey amuse its joshua from india, There are more stores in india so there are only apple music and spotify but i want more to come

[@smokegunz]

How long does it take to get paid for my first lease song ?

[@amuseio]

Hi! It depends. In order for you to create a payout you need at least 10 USD in your Amuse Wallet. The digital stores usually pay out royalties to Amuse every 2-3 months. This means that you should be able to create a payout every 2-3 months if you have reached the 10 USD limit.

[@oloruntosintoyinbo7816]

You guys should work on how to set up Amuse wallet for Artist's in Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Africa

[@dineshs7743]

Hi amuse, I'm thinking of using amuse as my distribution I like to know that you guys provide license for my music I saw artist use amuse as their distribution in every music video in the description it said licensed to KZbin by amuse (on behalf of artists name or label) I would like to know how to license my music through amuse can you make a video about getting license through amuse And also can you explain about licensing with much detail I would be more thankful if you consider my request

[@amuseio]

Hello Dinesh! When you see the badge "Licensed by Amuse" on KZbin it means that the video in question has Content ID turned on and that Amuse is monetizing the content on behalf of the artist. We are only distributors and therefore we do not own any content from our users. You would still be the copyright owner of your own music, we only keep track of your music on KZbin and claim videos automatically with the Content ID system in order to monetize content that use music without the permission of the artist. All revenue from KZbin is paid out to the artists, we don't take any percentages from KZbin or any of the other stores. :) You can read more about this in our Help Center: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=KZbin

[@BassTunesPH]

Do not use AMUSE or you'll regret it by FROZEN account! 🤣🤣🤣

[@BassTunesPH]

they only want your subsctription money after that? freezing your account automatically TRUST Me I'm done with them!

[@zacatack8679]

I was wondering me and my band don't want any of the money, is there a way we can give it all to your company?

[@hooplook6571]

LOL what?

[@noslipups3657]

😂😂😭😭

[@eastwestsounds4526]

Does amuse have some taxation on payments, like distrokid, which happens to be located in NY and started 30% taxation including non-us citizens...is amuse going to force government taxes on my earnings, even if i'm not from Sweeden?

[@highstreetjackmusic]

Why doesn't amuse show streaming data for all of the platforms where they release my music? Will revenue for streams on those platforms be collected?

[@amuseio]

Hey! We definitely collect royalties from all our stores, however not all stores share as much streaming data as Spotify, Apple Music, YT etc. We're always working on improving the service though, so hopefully we'll be able to display even more stats soon!

[@MB-nb7yq]

I was thinking the same. I don’t see any data from KZbin, Deezer or even Instagram yet I added it. I only see data from Spotify and it’s not even labelled I just have the Spotify for artists app and that’s how I added it up that I don’t know how many stores my music has been streamed or even where.

[@njighanomefireahmedivan8629]

@@amuseio Boomplay gives instant data on its platform. You distribue to it. Please consider that for fast forward royalties

[@hiteshvalechayt]

does Amuse Freezes payment if a song with content id is used on some tiktoks which ended up on some comiplation channels on youtube , because it happend with me on routenote they said compilation channels are not under yt partner program so they freezed all the revenue 2k$ made by that song from those channels that used that tiktok which had my song in it

[@PsychicEmanation]

Hey, Amuse I just got approved for my release, I'm being a lil anxious. What's the next step like any videos about it?

[@amuseio]

You will just have to wait until the release goes live. In the meantime, we recommend artist's to pitch their music to Spotify Playlists. Read our Helpdesk articles for inspiration: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us/articles/360006033738-Music-promotion

[@PsychicEmanation]

I've had about 4 release from amuse and fully satisfied!🤗

[@DCMboy22]

I am going to be a star by using amuse

[@65EKS65]

How does the split work with a duo or bigger band releasing music from a pro account, but the other accounts added to the team are free since we can't do splits without having an user. Does all of the free accounts still lose the 15% from the splits or not since they're not releasing any music and are registered just to be able to get the splits?

[@taroooyamada]

So many people have said, “It's a scam! It sucks!”

[@Enibah3300]

My question is this, have released like 5 tracks with amuse but I released them as a single tracks but now I wanted to release album and I'm trying to added those 4 tracks that have released with amuse before with other new 4 tracks making it 8 tracks but my surprised was that amuse didn't allowed those already released track to be added

[@Kingdarlz]

This royalties payment is still confusing, must royalties be generated only if the users are subscribed to the streaming platforms?

[@amuseio]

The royalties comes from streams (when people listen). Usually a person do not need to have a subscription to contribute to the streams☺️

[@Kingdarlz]

@@amuseio how come I have over 16k streams and paid $8? Please I need clarity.

[@taroooyamada]

@@Kingdarlz You should switch to another distributor. It will be a waste of time and money. I have about $500 and it's still frozen.

[@Youngdae]

Does amuse pay every month and do I keep 100% royalties if I’m using boost version???

[@BassTunesPH]

they only freeze your account when you upgrade to boost or pro trust me ! 🤣

[@Mbere_t]

I am unable to update my amuse account to pro. its say payment unsuccessful because I'm using UBA.

[@Noodlegammer]

Hi amuse how do i know how much i got paid in total I recently got paid on and I want to know how much I got in total if you don't mind thanks :D

[@amuseio]

Hey! Reach out to our support and they can help you look in to any royalty details. 👉 bit.ly/amuse-support

[@musulmanka_o209]

Hey amuse, my english is so bad, I can't understand what she said. I have a question. I had 11$, and i did withdraw to my paypal, but today is 10th day, no money, no message. PS. Sorry for stupid question, but i should know. THANKS

[@amuseio]

Hello! Please contact our support team: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us/requests/new

[@collem.]

I paid for Amuse pro, but how long do I have to wait for my account to update?

[@prodlowd]

Should be instant

[@amuseio]

Sometimes, you might need to restore the purchase. Please contact the support for this issue: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us/requests/new

[@raj-7859]

Unable to setup account as it is showing that my country doesn't support hyperwallet kindly help what to do...?

[@thechimdis1331]

I'm from Nigeria I find it difficult to set up my payment account both PayPal and my account

[@kishanraj596]

WHAT TIME OUR RELEASE GET LIVE PLS ANYONE TELL

[@Njocki]

Hey amuse my dad buy my song for 1.26€ on Amazon and I got 1900 streams but my wallet is 0$ why?

[@emtiajjahannuri5648]

Hi

[@amuseio]

Hello Noah! Please read our FAQ on this topic and reach out to our customer support team if you have further questions on this topic. They will explain how it all works. :) Reach out to our support team here: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us/requests/new

[@prodlowd]

It can take around 3 months for royalties

[@ysbchromosbackup6234]

how come you never send me the money i’ve generated

[@amuseio]

Hey! Reach out to our support team at bit.ly/amuse-support and they can look into any issues for you!

[@HustleBoyG]

Hello, My friend distributed a song with amuse and split the royalties with me and I do not have a account with amuse. Is there another way for me to collect the split or do I have to make a free account?

[@amuseio]

Hi, you can read more about spilts here: intercom-help.eu/amuse/en/articles/107706-royalty-splits

[@HustleBoyG]

@@amuseio I do not want to make an account I already have a distributor how can I collect my royalties without making an account with amuse? Thank you.

[@CliffConway]

I'm a little confused and was wondering if anyone can help me. If a song is created by a band trio, do all three members of the band sign up with ASCAP or BMI? Or should all three members have their own publishing company? For example, my band has three independently released albums in the last decade, but they're all registered under the singer's publishing company he made up called Resonant Music. I never questioned it as I told him it was ok to put under his since I didn't have one and wasn't sure how it worked. Is there anything wrong in this situation? Should all three of us (drummer and bassist as well) have created our own "publishing companies" and also registered the same songs under ours? Or should we all just use the one company "Resonant Music"? Does it allow you to split up between multiple people even if you use one single company name on ASCAP or BMI? All of our releases are through Tunecore which pays to one account anyway which we all share. So far our band has made very little in streams or sales so there hasn't been any kind of issue at all. Please someone help me with this if you happen to know this type of situation! Thank you for your time!

[@alessiofootball888]

I see my analytics from June I earned 0.03 dollar with Google but I have 100+ streams my question is is my Google earnings my youtube earnings?

[@sarassagarhembram]

Withdraw not showing...it's showing that my country doesn't support hyperwallet...what to do kindly help

[@shubhamrajput5561]

Question :- I released one track on 14 August and today is 5 October but I still doesn't get any earnings in my amuse account when I get it ?

[@onelove8885]

Every 2-3 months

[@amuseio]

The DSPs (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, etc) payout royalties every 2-3 months after the streams happen! We process the incoming payments from the streaming platforms at the end of each month, and once you request it you get the money shortly after. Hope this helps! 💛

[@Militante]

en distribuidoras de usa como por ejemplo distrikid en mi caso por ser colombiano de pagar 30% de mis regalias en amuse se paga algun impuesto me descuentan algo?

[@djgalaxygddofficial]

Please amu.se my withraw button 🔘 is one active please what can I do about this

[@AmarachiDesi]

What's the difference between BMI and Amuse?

[@rafaelgarcia.___]

This really helped me

[@amuseio]

Nice! 🔥🔥

[@easygolucky30OFFICIAL]

Hi Guys, I've just registered to Boost.

[@u9ixte]

Hey amuse i have reach 3k above stream but still I didn’t get any money why ? And at how many stream will u get

[@amuseio]

Hey fam! Congrats on the milestone. The amount you earn per stream is up to the streaming services, not us (Spotify, Apple Music, etc).

[@u9ixte]

So from may should i get ?

[@wheresrogers8288]

I have DistroKid and my friend has Amuse. Can we split royalties somehow ? The track was released by me on DistroKid btw

[@amuseio]

Hello! We can only speak for our service. If the release had been released through Amuse, you would've been able to split the royalties between you two. Both of you would need an account at Amuse to create the royalty split. However, paying for our services, Boost or Pro, is not needed to create a royalty split with Amuse. Although, we do take 15% commission on royalty splits for free users.

[@wheresrogers8288]

@@amuseio so it can’t happen between two different distributors? got it. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@mzzccrbeats7359]

Puedo verificar mi cuenta de KZbin con amuse?

[@Evoksil_XD]

This is amazing. Subbed

[@NadaSamir]

:D nice greetings from germany

[@dcm4prod]

guten tag

[@NadaSamir]

dcm4prod. Guten tag ^^

[@shalixx]

Hey❤️

[@NadaSamir]

@@shalixx hey 👋

[@mvelisomathonsi3307]

Do you guys also distribute music to tidal?

[@patricksabdo]

Amuse awesome company very corporate and welcome new artist. Merry Christmas dear🌲💚

[@amuseio]

Merry Christmas fam! Thanks for the love! 💛

[@BassTunesPH]

Haha

[@BassTunesPH]

I hope your account until now not on freeze? 🤣🤣

[@tanalaleentara7373]

Please help me I’m not able to withdraw, my bank account is linked and also I’ve reported it too on your website

[@ysmblaze352]

Hello amuse does the government need to know when we earn money from ur streams on amuse also does it require tax information please reply

[@amuseio]

Amuse is a Swedish company, we don't handle taxes or tax forms outside of Sweden. Please reach out to your local tax office. Read more here: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us/articles/360018328497-Taxes-Tax-Forms

[@Iaphetus]

But the app doesn't work I cannot upgrade to pro and log in

[@prodlowd]

Try on desktop

[@amuseio]

Please contact the support team: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us/requests/new

[@collem.]

aceptan tarjetas de debito?

[@amuseio]

Si! :)

[@Punx_]

Ok when do yall send the earnings My songs been on stores for 3 days now But still nothing on wallet

[@prodlowd]

Don't worry it will take up to 3 months before you start to receive money 💰

[@Punx_]

@@prodlowd mmh ayt

[@mati__wav]

very nice video 🥳

[@v5q211]

Explained well!

[@minik47skytonic]

🙌🙌🙌

[@furixmusic1962]

Does amuse pay 100% of the royalties?

[@Guitor972]

amuse can you please respond to this I have a question .

[@Enibah3300]

Hi amuse

[@xBradRame]

I sent it to my mum because I don't ask questions

[@amuseio]

Yes, you need to get in touch with the artist or their label/management and ask for permission!

[@kwasinimako]

Lol, I'm lowkey crushing on her. Anyway, its great to find out about you guys...

[@merihicen8847]

tiktok free ?

[@amuseio]

Hello! No, TikTok is a Pro feature. :)

[@user-wn4gd6vg7g]

Bro which all are free and how is this distribution

[@merihicen8847]

@@user-wn4gd6vg7g my new beatchain 💪

[@user-wn4gd6vg7g]

@@merihicen8847 is it good

[@user-wn4gd6vg7g]

@Raymond TicRyt thanks bro so you use beat chain but I'm kind of struggling to make a new song when it's ready I will message you 🤩🤘

[@bertarafofficial]

100% of the royalties? I‘m not sure..

[@amuseio]

It's true! :)

[@djyungbyrd]

Break down how you scam people next.

[@youngbu152]

🤣🤣🤣 I was gonna comment the same exact thing. I went on their website and saw a lot of users saying how amuse banned their account the day before payday and im expected to get my first payment tmrw or the day after that. But if they pull that Bs on me im taking it to court

[@kaushalsambhe9959]

@@youngbu152 yep they did if you make more than 50 or something for the month they directly ban ur account for fraud streams its a joke

[@youngbu152]

@@kaushalsambhe9959 I got $25 currently, I got 20,000+ streams and I’m worried they’re gonna ban my account Edit: I still have the account

[@ЕтанДрешковка]

@@youngbu152 you're broke as hell. Dw i'm broke too. Maybe even more broke than you

[@ЕтанДрешковка]

@@youngbu152 jokes aside have you been successful in withdrawing your payments? Or Did they pull up some questionable sh*t?

[@vy-w]

amuse is not only the worst in the industry but the entirety of the internet, most of the features doesn't work even tho I'm a "pro" user, and the Customer Support doesn't exist as it's been a week since I've complained and no one even attended it, very unprofessional.

[@amuseio]

Hello! This sounds very strange and we're very sorry to hear this! As you are a Pro user, you should receive a reply from us within 24 hours. If you have not received a reply from us within 24 hours, there might be a technical issue behind the problem. Please contact us again through our web form on our website: support.amuse.io/hc/en-us/requests/new We will reach out to you as soon as possible!

[@lasercams]

Ive had great customer support with amuse. They answered my question in a day and that surprised me.

[@Iaphetus]

Yeah thanks for the confirmation cause the app doesn't work for me as well

[@AMKRECORDS]

amuse scam

[@miraking9697]

This distributor 👎🏾 ! They took my songs for no reason! Probably they don't pay the estimated 100% when they see that the song is reaching big numbers they block the account to not make any future payments! To the artist. I am completely upset! They don't reply to emails! I want all my songs back, and payment for everything I ever got!