How to collect 99% of your music royalties independently - 4 simple steps

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1. Get distribution (Distrokid, Tunecore, UnitedMasters, etc.)
2. Affiliate with PRO like ASCAP, BMI or SESAC. If you don't have this, see next step.
3. Get a Publishing Administrator like The MLC or Songtrust.
4. Register with SoundExchange.
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[@sulibukproduction7732]

Dropping tons of value into a few quick little gems, you're the man Kato. Thanks for educating the rest of us

[@Brisbae]

Literally just finished reading donald passman's 'Everything You Need To Know About The Music Business" today and then get recommended this. He's absolutely right

[@KokeyKrumble]

You've explained in 3 mins what we've previously gathered in 3 hours of videos. Respect to your sharing of knowledge. And just checked out your music on Spotify... You're an actual role model. Thank you 🙏🔥

[@KatoHipHop]

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[@ChrisJohnsonTV1980]

@@KatoHipHop is there a way to collect your music pub admin royalties without using Songtrust?

[@jojo-fj7lw]

@@ChrisJohnsonTV1980 try consider tunecore

[@NeeFah]

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[@TONE60643]

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[@jonahmelvon]

What's dope about this is that there are no thumbs down, meaning everyone wants to get paid off their work. I see ya Kato!

[@adioolawale7631]

This is the best video ever on royalties short,direct and very understandable

[@thelynngentry]

I completely agree with everything you said, but this doesn't add up to 99%. Songtrust takes 15% and the PRO's take a small amount. So this is really around 84%, but people should do everything you said for sure.

[@emmanuelsimpson1751]

Hey bro, quick question, does distrokid collect only the master royalties? Is that also the same as the mechanical royalties?

[@thelynngentry]

@@emmanuelsimpson1751 mechanicals for the most part come from the physical sell of music(ie. CD's, Tapes, Vinyls) for the most part they are dealing because of streaming. Master royalties are what you would get from a Label depending on your percentage, but the include mechanicals and streaming(Public Performance Royalties) as well as most other revenue streams that the label would receive for your music. Distrokid is going to pay you for streaming, which is different than Mechanicals. Dtistrokid is dealing with your Public Performance Royalties off of streaming.

[@oMiLiofficial]

i dont believe these guys, sontrust takes 100 for 12 months, thats more of rip off than paying the artist

[@AbitLippy]

Thanks for the info. The Black Box was particularly good to know

[@WindowLove]

You have been such a blessing Kato on the track

[@riosquad]

Question Kato, what is the point of registering with SoundExchange if your Distribution company is collecting those funds? Can you please explain?

[@naldibeats2487]

Yes!!!! So simply explained. Thank you

[@apokolypzejonez22]

I was unaware of the black box 📦 Lots of information in this bite sized chunk.

[@au8111]

The advice at the end got my sub and like. Thank you!!!!!!

[@ay-kae]

another question.. i only have 176,000 plays on spotify but only a 3 songs that have over 20-30k streams.. is it even worth the time of registering my works right now? so far i have been collecting minor payments from my distributor. at what point do i need to make sure im signed up for BMI, song trust, and sound exchange?

[@3pic97music]

Thank you for these gems!! 💎

[@childatheartmusic7089]

straight to the point, thank you

[@GoldsHouseMusic]

Hey Kato, great content! And as someone who is already set with everything I believe you could have the answer to my question - I'm still curious how does PRO come to amount that will be payed out to a songwriter generated through streams? We know that distributor pays for streams generated through master recording and there is a revenue set for one stream ( roughly, we can say that 1 000 000 streams on Spotify will generate around 4000$ from master side), but can we say what value that song will generate on the composition side for the same amount of the streams? Is there any formula? Or is there any ratio for that? Thanks in advance.

[@JulianLoveMusic]

Thank You!!! The best vid on this topic by far

[@musicbrii]

This is amazing thank you

[@temperamento7716]

Hey I came out on Teo big albums last year but I believe the artist and their label put in the wrong Ipi number. How can I claim my royalties and make sure they come to me . I have ascap

[@spiritvizion]

Thank you for sharing this Knowledge. I appreciate you!!

[@ROZEGANGTV]

You are the man thank you 🙏for this info..

[@IcySmokey]

How do you find Royalties that you haven’t collected before they go to black box, ??? Because I only collected the publishing royalties.

[@josephtennie2728]

What about KZbin live performances

[@thaes1029]

Thanks for the info!!

[@chinedumuzic]

What about copyrighting the songs?

[@babypinhead7656]

Thank you

[@Kalparkr]

Thank you!

[@rerewilliams5730]

what if you've started your own publishing company and signed up with bmi publishing as well? Is this the same as a pub ad?

[@vb_gh]

no.

[@CarlosPena-sd8et]

Thanks you for all great this info.

[@jonasrutsch7695]

Ayy first one to comment but Kato you best

[@KatoHipHop]

Jonas Rutsch thanks brooo

[@ALF8892]

Can those collection agencies get royalties retroactively?

[@millimergmusic]

Great video

[@djmwin.official]

May I ask, why after go to black box and then it go to Taylor Swift, Drake, or famous artist ?

[@definebeats718]

Question . So as a producer . Let’s say I sold a beat exclusively or non exclusively but the song is not out their yet . Can I still sign up to these sites and upload the exclusive beat I sold or how does it really work ? I want to start creating a account for BMI & SongTrust && SoundExchange

[@chuckmullins9338]

You register your beat on everything the same way. HOWEVER Exclusive rights, from what i understand, is a one time private exchange between you and the artist buying it from you. You give the artist what you've created and that's the last money you receive. Honestly vie seen lots of producers sell an exclusive though and keep the beat on here because its got so many views and they just change the description to SOLD and delete the links to purchase it. Because that video makes your channel better, makes money, and if that beat pops up in some bloggers video somewhere you can still probably collect royalties. But exclusive is supposed to = gave away all rights to the person who bought it.

[@definebeats718]

@@chuckmullins9338 ahh okay I see what your saying . Please correct me if I’m wrong but even if you sell the beat exclusively. I’m still entitled to 50% of the publishing side as well as royalties right ?

[@definebeats718]

I just can’t simply keep selling the beat anymore as I have sold it already exclusively

[@himanshud4139]

Thanks man. But Promo code is not working.

[@megaajone1]

Thank you man

[@nemmybeats7634]

I hope this doesn’t sound like a stupid question, but would I apply the same method to loops that I’m sending out from a beat maker point of view? Or does this only apply to songs when they are finalized?

[@handzonxperience]

Good Sh Main 💯👍

[@TONE60643]

Who do i register with if its international

[@looneymac7223]

How do You get 99 if songtrust collects 15 and those digital distribución get a cut

[@jojo-fj7lw]

Same ques tho

[@ButterflyLullabyLtd]

You would think unclaimed money would help the poor on the streets, not line the pockets of already rich music artists. Makes my blood boil. Thank you so very much for your kind video which supports independent artists.

[@leegreen8742]

What about Harry Fox?

[@DaDirtyTroll]

Can a producer claim sound exchange royalties? Because we don’t own the masters so I’m not sure if we can collect that

[@DND619]

Thanks for the knowledge homie, which company is better for digital streaming royalties sound exchange or the other one???

[@Gohvany]

How about that extra 1% ?

[@redlgv7977]

Can you manually distribute your songs and still collect everything?

[@4687878]

I'm signed as a songwriter and publisher,..so do I need songtrust ? Will my mechanicals come to me without songtrust ?

[@YoungKProductions]

If im a producer and the artist registers the song I produced on tunecore, do I still need to register the song on my end?

[@RizzlyricistGaming]

You forgot HFA.

[@ronnie4261]

so what about if your UK based, should you sign up with MCPS or still with Songtrust to get publisher royalties?

[@natejay82]

Does bmi collect royalties plays from soundcloud

[@eidanlopez3554]

Will cd baby pro cover everything

[@marcusphilpot453]

Would you recommend using all of these companies as a producer? Tracks that are just instrumentals or even instrumentals with hooks? Some producers are saying to only copyright and get a distributor. But I would like to have my instrumentals on Spotify, Soundcloud outside of just KZbin/Beatstars.....so I'm kinda stuck on what to do before I launch my channel. Really appreciate any help!

[@divinesoul7]

Absolutely. I produce instrumental music and I registered for everything Kato mentioned. You need to sign/register with the ones he mentioned so that all bases are covered and you’re not leaving money on the table. My PRO is BMI which allows me to claim both the writers and publishers share of my royalties, but ASCAP will allow you to do the same. This is if you’re based in the US. I’m not sure what the PRO is outside of the States. It’s a worthwhile invest to register though.

[@rudaje2000]

So quick. Thank you

[@OttomanBeats]

You cant register instrumentals with Sound exchange. It only allows you to register it if someone made a song to your beat and released it. So Is song trust the same thing? And also how can we collect the royalties from people who used our beats on tiktok?? I have thousands of views/listens on my beats from tiktok who used in their videos.

[@KatoHipHop]

I dont believe tiktok pays out directly for streams yet. its probably in the works though. u also can collect royalties from soundexchange IF you own a share of the Master recording. u would just need a letter of direction from the Artist. SongTrust has a very simple registration process for the music. you need all 4 of these to collect everything. links are in the description.

[@OttomanBeats]

@@KatoHipHop thats the problem. the artists are cock suckers. one of stole the beat. content id picked it up. then he disputed it saying it purchased it. i got in contact with him. and told him to go buy the lease. we talked for a little then when i asked for his ascap or bmi he dissapeared. so does song trust collect the royalties from spotify and where ever my instrumentals are being played at. ? or they have to be a full song with lyrics?

[@johnnyyankee8604]

How do they know what radio or steaming service etc, is playing your music and how many times they're doing it? How do you know they're being honest?

[@KatoHipHop]

most if not all of these services provide you with some sort of statement or report breaking down all your collections. If you care to go thru every line of it, u can lol.

[@joeytre702]

Hey Kato, do you recommend auditing sites like tunesat or audiam?

[@johnnyyankee8604]

Hey Kato that doesn't answer my question but thanks for trying lol

[@aakashsahu9246]

What the difference between master royalties & mechanical royalties?????....

[@KatoHipHop]

mechanical royalties exist on the composition/publishing copyright. the master recording is a separate copyright altogether and generates its own royalties from the sound recording.

[@luciejaneckova6272]

Hello Kato, Thank you for your video. I would just like to add that in Europe, the collecting societies (referred to as the central management societies "CMO") actually collect also mechanical royalties and distribute them accordingly - meaning also to the USA (Harry Fox agency, AMRA). For the American authors this means go and claim your royalties by Harry Fox/ AMRA. For the European authors this means that they do not need a publishing administrator because the CMOs are doing the whole administration for them. I think this is a source of big confusion nowaydays... Also I do not get why to sign up with Sound Exchange - from my point of view, digital performance royalties are taken care of by CMOs as well - digital performance is still a performance, so there should be BMI and ASCAP in the USA to take care of these roylaties, shouldn't they? Thank you, Lucie

[@chuckmullins9338]

Hey, So BMI, ASCAP and SESAC claim that they will handle things that they necessarily aren't very good at. They are good at collecting Performance royalties. Not digital ones like sirious, or xm. From what I understand that has to do with the fact that those digital radios stream internationally. American PROS are good at collecting things within their country. I watch this speech from the founder of tunecore maybe once or twice a year. Check out this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2Org4J_bLCjhq8 fast forward to 11:18

[@aleem_2day]

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[@antonioocala4782]

Hi Kato I hope all is well. What about sound recording royalties and publishing/songwriting royalties generated through KZbin? Are both of those taken care of through Content ID? Thank you!

[@suncworm]

Is this how artist earn money from other KZbinrs posting their music?

[@KatoHipHop]

Yes one of the ways

[@altermoremusic]

Thank you so much, Kato. But I'm little bit lost. Maybe you can help me figure out 🙄 I am now releasing 2 releases with a CD Baby PRO plan. But I'm confused and can't figure out what I should choose. I know that CD Baby's PRO plan includes the services of Songtrust. But I plan to choose another distributor aftar that to release more music per year. But now they (CD Baby) ask me: "Please directly affiliate yourself as a songwriter with your local Performance Rights Organization" to complete the Current PRO Affiliation Status. I live in Ukraine. and they recomend me connected to local PRO: NGO-UACRR, but this guys take 20% commision which more than ASCAP take. But CD Baby tells me ASCAP is only if I'm in US. And for Ukraine I must to choose NGO-UACRR 😵‍💫 My main question is do I need to connect to PRO if I plan to sign up for Songtrust later. And if I'm not affiliate with any of PRO, do Songtrust automatically registered me with PRO or IMRO so that I don't pay twice (if I need join ASCAP, for example)? And do I able to tell CD Baby that I have affiliated with PRO after that? It all sounds very difficult to me, as it is 🤭Help me please 🤯

[@whatchakno]

Thanks for the update anyone reading this I smashed kato beats in my ig at instapat

[@saintcode_typebeats6828]

3mins of everything u need to know

[@neutronjockey]

All these facts in about 3 minutes: and you didn’t have to sign away your contact info, pay a fee for a producer’s special course, or download a .pdf, or click off a bunch of annoying pop ups.

[@ghostblack305]

#KATOONTHETRACK Great video and advice. ? do you do reaction music videos for artist music? and I see you are a Producer where do I find your beats? I'm following you now on twitter. you can find me @ghostblack305 Peace Ghost Black

[@jeremylawrence1987]

what the hell .. i like drake but not that much

[@TheLumaister]

Great video! If you're from the UK, I believe these are the equivalent organisations: 1. Distributor - Distrokid, CD Baby, Ditto, AWAL etc. 2. Collection Society - PRS (part of 'PRS for Music') 3. Publishing Admin - MCPS (part of 'PRS for Music') 4. Recorded music licensing - PPL If anyone knows better please let me know!

[@emmanuelsimpson1751]

Explain bro. [e-mail]

[@eLLBdotmusic]

What is the purpose of P.R.O (BMI/ASCAP etc) including Soundexchange if SongTrust can collect all the royalties for you INCLUDING internationally? Thanks for sharing

[@ukubeatz]

So much knowledge packed into three minutes.

[@KatoHipHop]

🫶

[@startingoverbygrace]

And someone out here selling a 60 day course for $275 dollars to get this information explained in 3 mins.

[@joeytre702]

Kato thank you for being so straight up about this.

[@TheeMsTiger]

I’ve been looking for this video for days! Thank you so much for a short and clear explanation

[@iamstacs]

Still recommended in 2023?

[@kadimakankwenda5636]

Had everything except sound exchange. All set now.👍

[@KatoHipHop]

yeeee!

[@GtBeatz508]

Kato On The Track great info but how do I register a song on SoundExchange properly? Could u make an updated 2020 video?

[@BRUTHAWAR]

@@KatoHipHop I like how you simplified it & got right to the point. Most content creators don't do that. Kudos for that. You got my sub on GP for that.

[@jojo-fj7lw]

Bro what if i dont registered to sound exchange, will it be a trouble if i only had 3 out of 4 of them?

[@chuckmullins9338]

@@jojo-fj7lw from what i understand YES. You would probably be only getting 74% of all your money.

[@grasshopper808]

Cdbaby is that indapendent?

[@EastSaint269]

A lot of people needed to hear this

[@KatoHipHop]

EastSaint269 major facts

[@AJG_305]

Great video!! All the info I needed, just want to know is this all the same in 2024?

[@KatoHipHop]

Yup. Still applies

[@AJG_305]

@@KatoHipHop thank you 🙏🏽

[@ROZEGANGTV]

This video put me on , in such a different way that I can't even explain on how much this info is going to do for my career & many others out there,, just straight facts , & yeah new subscriber on board 👏 🙌 👌

[@yourboylb]

Hey Kato, I got a question that I cant get a definitive answer on. When starting off as a brand new act without a fanbase, is it a good idea to create a tour out of your pocket, or wait until you have an online base you can convert? I hear a lot about new acts touring, but I dont understand how they afford to live and do it when they aren't pushing a lot of tickets? Thanks

[@KatoHipHop]

I would personally wait until you've built a following online and on streaming.

[@yourboylb]

@@KatoHipHop thank you, I was thinking the same to

[@yeyamusic]

open for other bands too

[@another_alex8738]

Wait the money that doesn't get claimed just gets distributed to the top earners of the industry?!??? That is beyond savage... damn...

[@KoushikVenkat]

Great tip mate, just some quick questions, i run a mini record label, I’ve affiliated my label with my country’s pro (iprs from India), so my question is will my pro collect royalties outside India? And should we supposed to register each artist of ours to songtrust & soundexchange?

[@chuckmullins9338]

From what I understand NO. Your PRO in India does not collect US royalties. Here in the states we have the same problem. You will need to register with an American PRO. There are only 3: BMI, ASCAP and the third one is SESAC which is by invite only.

[@audiowithinmusic7274]

Wow! I thought I had registered for all my royalties until I saw this. Thanks for breaking it down.

[@commonNigerian]

Thank you so much. I've been looking for this. Straight to the point and very clear. I just want to know how to collect all (or at least almost all) possible royalties from my music. Cheers!

[@WakandaFacts1]

What about for independent producers living in Australia? 1. Who are the top 3 Distributors 2. Who are the top 3 Collection Society 3. Who are the top 3 Publishing Admin 4. Who are the top 3 Recorded music licensing

[@jssytvrs]

How does it work if i sold a beat? They have a mp3 lease. What can u claim if they released music with that beat ??

[@nickfranco7977]

Is it necessary to pay a distribution company if I'm not getting more than 300 streams per release? Why not just distribute my music myself on to platforms such as youtube, soundcloud, instagram, tiktok, facebook? Can't I always release my most popular songs if people ask?

[@Supremecipher]

Yo bro great vid but quick question y is it only 99 percent?

[@offlinemode92]

Please explain me the below state ment please please....... . . Controlled Compositions: If any selection or musical composition, or any portion thereof, recorded in the Masters hereunder is written or composed by Producer, in whole or in part, alone or in collaboration with others, or is owned or controlled, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by Producer or any person, firm, or corporation in which Producer has a direct or indirect interest, then such selection and/or musical composition shall be hereinafter referred to as a "Controlled Composition". Producer hereby agrees to issue or cause to be issued, as applicable, to Artist, or Artist's designees, mechanical licenses (including, without limitation, any "first use" mechanical licenses) and other licenses in respect of each Controlled Composition subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to selections and musical compositions written, composed, owned, or controlled, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by Artist, which are embodied on the Master or any recording recorded under this agreement. For that license, on the United States and Canada sales, Artist will pay mechanical royalties at one hundred percent (100%) of the minimum statutory rate, subject to no cap of that rate for albums and/or EPs. For license outside the United States and Canada, the mechanical royalty rate will be the rate prevailing on an industry-wide basis in the country concerned on the date that this agreement has been entered into. Producer hereby grants Artist a license to reproduce Controlled Compositions that are embodied on the Master produced hereunder in synchronization with and in time relation to visual images featuring Artist's performances in so-called promotional "video programs", on a royalty-free basis and in so-called commercial "video programs", in being understood that Producer shall be entitled to Producer's pro-rata share of any royalties attributable to such commercial "video programs". Upon Artist's request Producer shall execute or cause Producer's publishing designee to execute and deliver to Artist, as applicable, all documents required by Artist, as applicable, to effectuate the purpose of this paragraph.

[@weakcannow]

? if your music gets played while somebody's playing a video game and streaming your song who collects the royalties for you

[@iamstacs]

Is Sound exchange is still a reliable site?

[@villnicandro6506]

Hi I already using Cd Baby standard and Songtrust.. Is it enough to get those royalties?

[@ngzino7907]

Was it?

[@chuckmullins9338]

that's only half, your missing a PRO, and sound exchange. So if your music pops up on xm radio, sirious, or some live version or video; then that money is going in the black box until you claim it.

[@villnicandro6506]

@@chuckmullins9338 Thank you so much

[@chuckmullins9338]

@@villnicandro6506 Your very welcome, Im trying to decide which PRO im going with right now. Did you already decide?

[@villnicandro6506]

@@chuckmullins9338 cd baby pro... Like all the important things is already in cd baby pro

[@CClarke]

Thank you for a quick and easy explanation.

[@lambo7266]

But you have to get thousands and thousands and thousands of plays just to get a few bucks

[@timujin1000]

Great video! Just Subbed

[@dalaiadityaartist201]

How to approach this for people living in India! We live outside US

[@MrCJ-lc9ru]

Kato...BMI asking for you to turn over the rights to your music to them for the time that you are under contract with them. Is this something that is normal and necessary? If I turn over ALL RIGHTS to them I have no say so over my music anymore until the contract is up. That's scary!

[@ssspit]

all dis overwhelms me tbh

[@foto21]

Great video. One of the best on a complicated topic. Why would there be uncollected money on the streaming side? Aren't the distributors supposed to take that back from the streaming platforms they work with?