How to Register Songs with TuneCore Publishing Administration

[@KennyKashBeatz]

Fam just wanted to give you your flowers.. I switched in June after watching your video and it was a game changer. I might still get it

[@wordplaytjay]

Thank you homie

[@HIGHLOWMOTIONPRODUCTION]

hey , wanted to know I put some music on TuneCore ,( bought the publishing adminsastrion) and also bought bmi , do I need to register my songs on bmi after publishing on tune core?

[@vicjose]

Great video! I have so much shit I've been sitting on for years. This inspired me.

[@wordplaytjay]

get that money

[@YAKNASTYTHATNILLA]

So do I need to even do bmi ??? Or ascap??? Or does publishing take care of all that

[@wordplaytjay]

you have to choose what’s best for you. pick one before you sign up for publishing administration

[@StuartGrand]

Great and informative video man! I was curious if the Harry Fox Agency does the same thing as Tunecore Publishing Administration?

[@wordplaytjay]

No they don’t. HFA is a mechanical licensing agency, Tunecore would register your songs with HFA.

[@msalepooh]

Does a publishing administration service include copyrighting or do you have to do that separately?

[@wordplaytjay]

that is separate

[@xlover5321]

Wanted to know can distribute with distrokid and use tune core for publishing?????

[@wordplaytjay]

yes you can

[@DjReynaldsMorales]

I'm trying to fill up "publishing / sync" today in Tunecore. It has a new interface and in the bottom requires Social Media links and number of followers. Does Tunecore can verified our social media with a blue badge verification? By the way I am BMI member since last week do I need also to pay 75$ for Tunecore publishing? Thanks for your respond, already subscribe.

[@wordplaytjay]

You don’t need Tunecore if you already have BMI. You need it if you don’t want to manage all of your registrations yourself. I think social media links are for making sure they know where you’re active and now how to pitch your music. It’s not for verification

[@zenyfilmsrambo]

Bro you mean i can use tunecore as my publishing and use distrokid as my distributor or ditto etc..?

[@ols_studio]

How long for new register publishing admin? I have already submitted writters waiting for approval, how long?

[@wordplaytjay]

i don’t know. you have to ask the platform.

[@Sputz3]

If I buy the Tunecore Publishing then I upload my song through Tunecore does that automatically register my song into publishing or do I have to manually do that in Tunecore publishing?

[@wordplaytjay]

It does not automatically register your song with Tunecore Publishing when you release a song with Tunecore. It does start the process though. When you release a song, it will show up in your publishing dashboard. You have to go into your publishing dashboard and update some of the information like the writers and composers on the song.

[@flyghtmyleage6041]

if are a label owner and you have the publishing rights to the songs, would you use tunecore the same way but just have the label as the payee of the publishing?

[@wordplaytjay]

Yes

[@MyronTerrell]

so do you need Tunecore and BMi? or wil Tunecore take care of everything?

[@wordplaytjay]

It’s best for you to have your own BMI account vs them signing you up for it. Then use Tunecore to have them register and track your songs for royalties

[@AlfaMentalMusic]

Greetings, I have my music distributed with tunecore, and registered in ascap, should I register in TuneCore Publishing?? Is it not very clear to me? can you help me

[@wordplaytjay]

You can if you feel it is helpful: they will handle registrations for you for multiple different agencies but it will not hurt you to keep things the way they are.

[@AlfaMentalMusic]

@@wordplaytjay thanks

[@vincentmalgas8800]

Hi TJay, Thanks for the video. I have two questions. Please answer when you get the time. 1. If I have a song released and marketed via social media and through plugging, then I opt in for sync licensing via Tunecore's publishing administration service and the song lands a placement, how does the fact that the song is already out there making profit for me affect the exclusivity if the licensing party want so license the song EXCLUSIVELY? 2. If I have 10 songs in total then I choose to license 7 of these songs EXCLUSIVELY to Publisher A and the remaining 3 songs EXCLUSIVELY to Publisher B, Is this going to create any clash between both publishers or since they will only be administering a specific number of songs that have been agreed upon respectively there will be absolutely no clash since the exclusivity is limited to the songs and NOT TO ME AS AN ARTIST? Please Help. Kind Regards Vxnce

[@wordplaytjay]

Q1: I don’t believe the licenses with tunecore are exclusive, but please read your terms so that you can decide if you’re better off letting that song grow on social. Q2: That’s normally not a problem because the company isn’t representing you specifically. Pitch songs to whoever will take them. If they want to do an exclusive deal for more of the songs, then they will let you know.

[@vincentmalgas8800]

@@wordplaytjay Thank you times a billion. I really appreciate it.

[@vincentmalgas8800]

Good day TJay, I have recently released a jazz album and 3 sync songs. I signed up for publishing administration with Tunecore Publishing with an intent to have access to their sync licensing opportunities however they don't seem to have that "opt in" option visible anywhere on the website. Does this mean they no longer offer it, I just am looking in the wrong places or does this automatically mean that I opted in for sync licensing? Or does this mean they probably listened to it and it is either they didn't like my stuff Or that they are finding compatible placements and I m just being impatient? Please advise when you get someone time from your busy schedule.

[@stevenvagovics]

Hello! Can you opt-in to the sync when you distribute through another distributor? Because I’ve read in their FAQ that in order to use Tunecore Sync, your song needs to be also distributed with Tunecore. Thank you.

[@wordplaytjay]

to my knowledge, yes you can opt out of sync. that’s because you’ll need to sign an agreement for it.

[@stevenvagovics]

@@wordplaytjay Thank you very much for your reply, but I was actually asking about something else. I would like to know whether it’s true that when you want to use Tunecore Sync, you also need to have your music distributed with Tunecore. Because if it’s possible to distribute with CD Baby and still be able to use Tunecore Sync, I would rather go that way.

[@wordplaytjay]

@@stevenvagovics Oh okay, thank you for clarifying. I'm unsure if that's possible, but in my experience I've distributed with DistroKid and had a sync agreement with Tunecore as my pub admin. That's because the Sync team had me upload my music using a third party app called Disco. I'm not sure if it currently works the same way.

[@stevenvagovics]

@@wordplaytjay Thank you so much! They say in their FAQ that Tunecore Sync needs you to have your music also distributed with Tunecore, but I would be very happy if I could keep using CD Baby and still be able to use Tunecore Sync. I can’t get myself to use a distribution service which requires a yearly fee because I would like to have my music protected in case something happens to me and CD Baby keeps it distributed forever.

[@DJKelblizz]

How many copyright society or pro does Tunecore publishing delivers your music to when it’s published

[@wordplaytjay]

they deliver to your PRO or BMI (if you don’t have one) and every mechanical agency, mainly the MLC. Then they go out to other international agencies

[@ladydignity]

If I don't have a publishing company, how can I collect publishing shares on BMI, or whomever? Can someone please help? Me and a cowriter agreed to do a 50/50 split on songwriting side.They told me that I can have the publishing.I have it in writing.

[@wordplaytjay]

Easy - by default BMI collects your publishing portion even if you don’t have a publishing company or a publisher account with them. So rest easy. make sure the song is registered as 50/50 and you’re good.

[@ladydignity]

@@wordplaytjay thank you!

[@CleavoMack]

If i have TuneCore publishing.....what accounts do i need to register on my own?....for example...music reports ?

[@wordplaytjay]

Soundexchange, Music Reports, Music Licensing Collect, etc. More info can be found in my publishing guide. wordplaytjay.com/rise

[@cuccurellamaramella4439]

Hi, Do I only need to record them on TuneCore? Or even on BMI? I bought the pub a few days ago, and I've been waiting for a week for the music to be recorded. Usually how much do they need?

[@wordplaytjay]

What do you mean by recorded?

[@cuccurellamaramella4439]

@@wordplaytjay By recorded I mean when I send a music on publishing. After I put my percentage do I just have to wait? Or do I have to do something else?

[@wordplaytjay]

Ohh like “recorded” as in adding it to a record. Once you add the information to publishing they will send it to BMI

[@candidoaviles220]

thank you for sharing this video, very helpful!!

[@Prof.Albusdumbledore]

May you please make a video on how to upload music using tunecores new interface? They’ve changed everything around since making it unlimited. im trying to release music soon, but I don’t know how to upload and all of the other tutorials on KZbin are outdated

[@wordplaytjay]

i can try

[@96JeSuis]

If you have an album do you submit each song individually or just album isrc

[@wordplaytjay]

each song has to be registered separately. They ID songs by ISRC so it would need to be individually

[@96JeSuis]

@@wordplaytjay thank you brother

[@fredomadeit4875]

should I release to Distrokidd first for a while then get into TuneCore?

[@wordplaytjay]

i’d say pick what works for your budget and marketing strategy

[@KrushedIceent]

Great video!! Very detailed!

[@satelibra]

If I bough beat from beatstars as a Lease and it's said in license that I can't register my song as a Content ID etc... Does it means that I can't register it on Tunecore Publishing?

[@wordplaytjay]

i can’t answer that as best as I’d want to. As a songwriter you are entitled to part of the publishing but so is the beat maker. you are both writers (you= writer/author | producer = composer). In most cases, you should register the song under both of your names but, you need to read the terms of your lease to know how to set the split %.

[@satelibra]

@@wordplaytjay thanks a lot!

[@bryangrossi]

Jay, buddy of mine is beat maker and I’m looking to buy his beat so I can have that beat registered so when I Publish IG and KZbin don’t gimme smoke. Should I register on tune core ? What info should I request from him ?

[@wordplaytjay]

The song you make from the beat is you and his creation. Each writer needs to register a work individually. He needs a publishing account and you do to. You would register the new song and list him and you as a writers. I feel like you’re talking about Content ID on youtube which is different, it’s connected to the final recording. It will look for anything that sounds like the final song. You can ask him to remove the beat after you purchase.

[@braheemwashington5324]

Hi man, thanks for this video, really does help. Question, do producers count as co-writers or just actually writers? What if I have a song, I wrote all lyrics and melodies and producers just gave me the beat(s). Would i lists producers as co-writers or since i was the only writer on the song there isn't any co-writers?

[@wordplaytjay]

producers are writers…more technically called composers. co-writers are anyone that works as a group to write lyrics or make the music portion of the song. they make up half of the writer portion.

[@braheemwashington5324]

@@wordplaytjay Correct. So since i wrote all the lyrics, there wouldn't be any co-writers, correct?

[@wordplaytjay]

technically producers are co-writers. if you leased or purchased a beat you should have an agreement of splits with that producer.

[@lorenzorebecchi2425]

Hi, thanks for the video. Can you make a video abound the splits of the royalties please (how to do that in Tunecore) ? 🙏🏽

[@wordplaytjay]

I’ll look into thank you.

[@Rennatheeomnipotent]

What is you leased a beat from online website. Owner for you should be 50 % ? Or it’s just about the song not instrumental ?

[@wordplaytjay]

That lease should come with a contract that has the terms. typically it is 50/50 of the master recording

[@MurdaOnYou]

Is tunecore more competent than songtrust . I’ve heard multiple sources complain that songtrust hasn’t registered all their works on their behalf

[@wordplaytjay]

Those are reports i’ve heard as well as my first hand experience

[@vaniice1331]

Hello Tell me please I registered yesterday on Tunecore accidentally forgot to check the box where the vocals That is, I have no vocals. And I can’t change anything since the request is gone. Is it critical?

[@wordplaytjay]

It does matter for streaming algorithms. Ask their support team to change it

[@vaniice1331]

@@wordplaytjay Thank you

[@goldnike873]

Hey WordPlay T. Jay you do you have any videos on where musicians are allowed to post their songs if they include royalty free loops from splice , loop cloud or daw loops that come from places like Logic? I want to collect all my royalties from these non exclusive licenses but don't want to do some illegal and be forced to take down content in the future?

[@wordplaytjay]

i don’t have much experience dealing with this issue but I’ve seen these warnings on royalty sites. My issue is, how often does this become a problem? It’s mostly in places where there is some type of sonic detection system that matches songs by audio samples. I think the move is to start building your own library of sounds

[@mikkey246]

What's the right website to sign up for tunecore?

[@wordplaytjay]

tunecore.com

[@FLStudioKey]

when we register a song right there? are we able to have content id for that also?

[@wordplaytjay]

Content ID is a separate service from Publishing Administration. If you distribute music to Tunecore you can get Content ID

[@FLStudioKey]

I already use Tunecore but all my release was ineligible to youtube Content ID. I dunno why

[@joewest4215]

Please make a video on how a songwriter and a artist do splits and get paid for it on tune core

[@wordplaytjay]

Artists aren’t paid through tunecore. Only songwriters and publishers. You list the performing artist and their royalties get paid via their registration with the PRO

[@elohthegod]

What's the difference between publishing and sync licensing ?

[@wordplaytjay]

sync licensing is the act of getting music into movies and television. publishing are the royalties you collect by being the writer of a song (music and lyrics)

[@icarelaoman7347]

Writer controlled “No right to collect” I can’t add a song please help?

[@wordplaytjay]

please reach out to tunecore for support. I don’t work for them nor do I have an understanding of all the potential issues on the site

[@goldnike873]

4:39 what about sync licensing if you use royalty free non exclusive loops? can you opt in for sync?

[@wordplaytjay]

i don’t know what their specific agreement says about loops

[@ecobrown]

Does it charge per song?

[@wordplaytjay]

No, it’s a one time fee to sign up. They take a percentage of all royalties

[@ecobrown]

@@wordplaytjay its contract of one year?if have distributed with tune core a audio recording without registering as publishing administration will they still pay me?does BMI collect royalties in Africa?

[@wordplaytjay]

The contract renews annually but you do not pay annually. You will get paid for streams and writing credit even without publishing administration. I all PROs collect internationally

[@ecobrown]

@@wordplaytjay what about downloads ads on the song please.

[@wordplaytjay]

What do you mean ?

[@LabMagicMusic]

Thanks

[@MC333]

lol what happen to sessions i was in there it went ghost , good vid

[@wordplaytjay]

it’s just ghost! i pulled my video for them

[@wordplaytjay]

it’s just ghost! i pulled my video for them

[@mikewallace3046]

That sessions link doesn't work

[@wordplaytjay]

Sessions doesn’t work anymore at all!

[@venom0309]

I don't no tune core or distrokid😐

[@wordplaytjay]

you can still use tunecore publishing if you’re not with them

[@Sebastian29Ch]

Necesito ser mayor de edad???

[@wordplaytjay]

Yes or have a guardian sign you up

[@Sebastian29Ch]

Necesito ser mayor de edad