MUSIC PUBLISHING
...has nothing to do with books or book publishers!
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES
If you are a SONGWRITER (lyrics or music) then you should register with a public performance
society, IF AND ONLY IF, your music is being performed publicly in a medium such as on or in
RADIO, TV, FILM, or the GRAND STAGE (Broadway) which is monitored by the performance
societies. Otherwise, please DO NOT register with them as their services relate only to those
monitored works. If you have no publisher then you may self-publish your music and register
100% of the composition.
If you are a PUBLISHER then you should also register with a public performance society, IF AND
ONLY IF, your administrered music is being performed publicly in a medium such as on or in
RADIO, TV, FILM, or the GRAND STAGE (Broadway) which is monitored by the performance
societies. Otherwise please do not register with them as their services relate only to those
monitored works.
There are THREE societies in the United States and you can only choose ONE to join:
ASCAP ::
BMI ::
SESAC.
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