You distribute a song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spotify pays your distributor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The money arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is tempting to assume that means every royalty generated by the song is being collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It doesn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A normal music distributor primarily collects income associated with the sound recording<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The underlying composition can generate separate royalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These relate to the recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Spotify, Apple Music or another service streams your master, the distributor can collect the relevant recording revenue under its agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is the money artists most commonly see in their distribution dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The song underneath the recording is separate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Publishing income can include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n RouteNote Publishing currently collects performance royalties, mechanical royalties and YouTube micro-sync income alongside other eligible rights collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A song may earn composition royalties when played:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those payments do not simply appear because your distributor delivered the master to Spotify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Streaming can also generate mechanical royalties for the songwriters and publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again, this is separate from the recording royalty shown by a normal distributor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recorded performances can generate neighbouring-rights income under applicable systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eligibility and collection vary by territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagine you wrote and recorded your own song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Spotify stream may generate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are only collecting number one, you may be missing part of the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For your best-performing tracks ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your distributor is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is not necessarily collecting every royalty your music generates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You distribute a song. Spotify pays your distributor. The money arrives. It is tempting to assume that means every royalty generated by the song is being collected. It doesn’t. A normal music distributor primarily collects income associated with the sound recording. The underlying composition can generate separate royalties. Master royalties These relate to the recording. When Spotify, Apple Music or another service streams your master, the distributor can collect the relevant recording revenue under its agreements. That is the money artists most commonly see in their distribution dashboard. Publishing royalties The song underneath the recording is separate. Publishing income can…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1238,1617,2121,1236],"coauthors":[2],"class_list":["post-4223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-collection","tag-music-rights","tag-music-royalties","tag-royalties"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMaster royalties<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Mechanical royalties<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Neighbouring rights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
One stream can create several payments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Audit your catalogue<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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