DISTROKID VS TUNECORE VS CD BABY VS ASCAP VS BMI VS SOUNDEXCHANGE VS SONGTRUST

I tell you everywhere you need to register your songs to earn royalties, get protected, and legitimize yourself as an artist. In this Ultimate Guide, I explain what every entity does, what types of royalties they pay out, and which companies have you covered...and which don't.

Get everything I mentioned in this video (plus more) by downloading our Music Royalty Collection Guide (PDF) from the Indie Music Academy!

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//TABLE OF CONTENTS

00:00 - Start

00:50 - Overview of This Video

01:12 - Distrokid, CD Baby, Tunecore & AWAL for Music Distribution

02:23 - Performing Rights Organizations (PRO) BMI, ASCAP

03:48 - SoundExchange & Non-Interactive Streaming Royalties

05:10 - SoundExchange Royalty Distribution Pie Chart

06:38 - SongTrust/CD Baby Pro/Tunecore for Overseas Royalties and YouTube Content ID

07:48 - The Companies and Organizations that I Personally Use

08:29 - Natural Copyright VS US Copyright Office and Copyright Registration

[siyab]

This is why artists needs to learn music business

[dallastaylor]

been searching the entire internet for this information and this guy answers it all in 10 mins. What a guy

[VicSmith]

Don’t be discouraged by the amount of work, it’s worth it and if done properly you can make a lot of music and money without the downsides of fame and popularity.

Being in control of your artistry and business is priceless.

[elimorgan]

Jesus dude I just wanna make music this shit is sooo overwhelming

[TheDesperateArtist]

After watching me dealing with all the DAWs and plugins, My wife laughs at me and tells me I'm not a musician - I'm a Computer Engineer.
And now, after watching this video and starting to implement everything - I got an upgrade:


I'm a Computer Engineer/Accountant... 😬

[LuciensMusic]

Just when you thought writing and recording something decent was the hard part, , lol

[solargamingchannel]

You my friend are a fucking legend. I paid 2000 euros for lessons in music production and even they didn't know the answers you just provided.

[DatAnydeks]

What’s with the dislikes? This is a free, helpful and informative video. Just the good content should cause one to be careful on how to submit compositions for the world to access. I give it a 👍🏻 and thanks, Ryan!

[BlackMetalMagazine]

The type of content with value for people. You covered everything without hesitation, without making people wasting their time. On point, plain simple. This is gold.

[kekeperez]

Amazing. I pray God pours out a blessing over your life for sharing this amazing info.

[AlexaGoldSoul]

This was extremely helpful!! The way you explained everything was clear-cut, concise, not a bunch of overwhelming jargon, just information that makes sense for the indie artist. And its cool how you're in the trenches with us so we know you're actually going through the process and can speak from experience. Thanks so much!! Wishing you and all the other indie artists out there a successful journey in music!

[WrvrUgoThrUR]

There needs to be a $ button on static YouTube videos—cuz I for sure would have hit you up with at least a $5ver for this info/.PDF for now though, liked and subscribed. Thanks bro. oh yeah, gonna hit those streams too!

[jennydang]

Am I the only nerd who took notes only to learn at the end I didn't have to? LOL

[willmcmillan]

This is hugely helpful. I have registered my first collection of songs with US copyright office, joined ASCAP, read about Sound Exchange, and need to learn more about Song Trust (and decide whether I join them directly or just go with the CD Baby Pro option and give up 9% of the money they track down on my behalf...) I look forward to watching more of your videos. And I watched/listened to one of your original songs, too. Well done!!!

[dannycasler]

Brother thank you so much. I just had my debut solo album STOLEN after being distributed through Distrokid. A person impersonating a man who died in 2018 stole my music, uploaded it to all those services (by changing song titles) and he even used a video of me playing my songs to my daughter who's a toddler claiming to be him. Super f^&*ed up. Ive been in a nightmare situation trying to get it resolved

[gcqnlqv]

Probably the greatest and clearest intro information on the subject.

[RABSO]

You are not selfish, God keep blessing you for this information

[ryanreeves]

Bro how could you give this a thumbs down? This is such quality, knowledgeable content. Good shit Ryan.

[badkar-ma]

For many years I tried to comprehend all the entities I needed to register my music with. Even though I registered with all the right ones I still didn't and couldn't understand or explain their roles. Thank you for explaining all this stuff in simple easy language so I can refer others to this video! 👏👍🤗

[tengumusic]

I’ve been looking into this since I discovered how shady Distrokid is and there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Thank you so much for clearing everything up for us, INCREDIBLE value and with a thorough delivery. You’re nothing short of a godsend 🙌