Wow, thanks for not waisting our time taking 5 hours to get to the point. You are very direct and that is appreciated!

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 🙏🔥

Littrally love it, no 30 min intro, no life story ❤️ just getting straight to the point, like a video should 🙏❤️

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!

So much knowledge packed into three minutes.

Kato thank you for being so straight up about this.

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

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

Had everything except sound exchange. All set now.👍

A lot of people needed to hear this

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

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!

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

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

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!

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 👏 🙌 👌

Thank you for a quick and easy explanation.

You're the absolute GOAT for this video. So many frauds on youtube trying to waste your time.

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

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

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.

straight to the point, thank you

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

Thank You!! If I would’ve heard this years ago ...

Yes!!!! So simply explained. Thank you

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

Thank you for these gems!! 💎

That's sick information bro🔥🔥

very useful for someone who knows absolutely nothing about music publishing

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?

You have been such a blessing Kato on the track

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

This is amazing thank you

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.

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

Excellent info. I've been mastering records and occasionally mixing for 20 years but I used to be a producer prior to that in the 90's where it was the wild west with no roadmap. I'm starting to tinker with production again and this info is really helpful.

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

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

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

This is such amazing information. Thank you bro

Thank you brotha!!!💯✊🏽💪🏽

Thank you

You are the ceo of producer rights .

Thank you for this 😁👍🏿

Thanks you for all great this info.

Kato on the track tysm

great video

Thanks for the info!!

Good info👍🏾

Thank you!

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?

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

Ayy first one to comment but Kato you best

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

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?

Amazing straight forward video! one question, My PRO is affiliated with other international PROs for performance and mechanical royalty collection, do I really need a pub admin?

Wow.... Kudos man.

Great video

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

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?

Thank you man

Thanks bro

Jo the camera is to the right of you!

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!

Great video. Gota say you would need to have PRO before going to Song trust! it doesn't replace it for you. Still, this is decent!

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?

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

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

Good Sh Main 💯👍

Also, it's not possible to reclaim streaming royalties if they weren't being collected by a company? unless you re release the song correct?

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 ??

Still recommended in 2023?

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?

Can I use music reports instead of songtrust as it also collects mechanical royalties and it's free if I'm not mistaken

Cdbaby is that indapendent?

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.

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

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

What about KZfaq live performances

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

Dope video

will i actually collect from DJ spins in the club or at a party, etc? from the way you explained it, i think BMI collects radio and Sound Exchange gets internet radio. but if i network with DJs how will i generally get paid?

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

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

Thank you so much bro! This applies for other countries too? I mean I'm from Argentina, it doesn't matter? Thx 💪🏼🔥

What about copyrighting the songs?

what about registering your copyrights with the gov before doing any of this???

Does that apply for open mics ?

Is Sound exchange is still a reliable site?

I’m from Africa.Nigeria and I’m getting streams on my Spotify,can I get my royalties while I’m here?

Im confused about SongTrust, what if you don't want to upload Beats on Spotify only on youtube, Can SongTrust still monetize your content ID? The most straight up video! THANKS!!

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

What's your thoughts on joining HFA & or Music Reports if you already have a pub admin like Songtrust and/or an actual Pub deal (complex I know, the pub deal is 90% instrumental sync/licensing)

Can those collection agencies get royalties retroactively?

Is there another way to collect neighour royaltes without pay the 100$ fee of songtrust? thanks man!

Quick question most of the artist I work with has DistroKid and United Masters. Would it be wise to get both so I don’t leave money on the table?

nice im bouta sub

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

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.