Royalties

Licensing and royalties agencies that pay and copyright music that artists/producers have composed, written and recorded. Without licensing, people could take music that other musicians have produced and class it as there own and that is called fraud. It is important that a musician has royalties and licensing because this way musicians can earn money for the music they make and no one can class it as their own because it is copyrighted, so this means that the industry knows who it really belongs to.

PRS and MCPS are agencies that earn royalties from the music that other musicians have made. PRS royalties go to musicians, producers and publishing companies that have made original music. They earn their royalties when their music is played via radio, tv, live, etc. MCPS goes to musicians and producers that have reproduced their music, When their music is played via radio, tv, live, etc, MCPS earn royalties and the artist (s) earn money.

PPL is another agency that collects and distributes money to performers or record companies for use of their recorded music. It is important that a performer has the right license because if the performer does not have the appropriate license, this can be classed as copyright infringement and it will affect the musicians, songwriters, producers and composers of the track that they have created. So it is essential that a performer has the right license. This means the performer will earn royalties and will not have any issue with copyright infringement.

Joining licensing and royalty agencies are good ways of earning money you make for music and ensuring that no one can infringe it. When you join whichever agency you will be given an ID number. Once you have received your ID number, you can send your you music to any radio station and if it gets played on the radio you can give them proof by sending them the link and telling them where to skip in the show. Once they know your song has been played on the radio they pay you quarterly. Here is a link to show you what I mean by paying quarterly:

http://www.prsformusic.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Emails/Newsletters/Newsletter%20April%202013/Distribution_times-web.pdf

I would strongly recommend that an artist, producer, writer, session player, etc signs up with one of these agencies because it can really help them with their music in the future and their career also. Plus young musicians can earn money for the music they make and they can earn protection ensuring that no one else steals the artist' work and classifies it as their own.