Hi all
I have some music included in a film that’s being streamed on various platforms. This is the first use of my material in a film so I don’t have much of an idea on how to make sure I can be paid any royalties due. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions on who I might approach for publishing?
Thank you
Simon
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I would contact the publishers Sentric and see if they would deal with this for you
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Thank you for your suggestion Hannah. I might well do that then. I just wasn’t sure if it makes more sense to approach a smaller, perhaps more specialist publisher.
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Simon Marchant I've been with Sentric for years and they have worked well for me, but to be honest I haven't shopped around for a while. It may be worth doing a bit of research and seeing which publishers are out there and how their fees etc. work. You probably will have a reasonable pick of the bunch as you are going to them with work that already has royalties attached to it
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thanks again Hannah Woolmer
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There’s a real dearth of information out there about publishing, agents and how to get paid for the creative work that you do. So any little bits of advice from those making composing for film work for them is really most gratefully received!
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So having a publisher is a good idea as they register your compositions with performing rights organisations around the world. Then they can track where music is used. They collect a range of royalties, Performance (like on radio and live gigs), Mechanical (physical, digital and streaming consumption). They enforce rights against unauthorized use and they provide you with a breakdown of your royalty earnings. Sentric split Royalties 80/20. Royalty payments are always in arrears so you may get them 6 months later. Also some publishers like sentric allow you to pitch your music for film, tv and advertisements through their company. So in summary a publisher is a good idea as they help you collect all the extra pennies for use of your music all over the world which accumulates to quite a big pot. Do you need one? no, but I couldn't imagine how hard it would be to track down all these streams/plays/downloads etc. Without a publisher, composers maybe loosing quite a bit of passive income
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I should also add, that music released on itunes etc. would also benefit from being registered with a publishers because there are two types of royalties 1. The master recording - your digital distributor collects the royalties for this 2. Musical work ownership - collected by your publisher. So if you have released music that you wrote yourself and no publisher you are only collect less than half of the money you are due because the Musical ownership rights produce more royalties than simply owning the master recording rights