How Producers Get Paid: The 3 Types of Music Royalties

One producer had $879,000 sitting uncollected because nobody told him his songs pay through three separate systems. This video maps all three: publishing, SoundExchange, and master royalties. Who pays each one, how to register for each one, and the 6 mistakes that leave producer money sitting at labels and collection societies. For music producers with placements who have never seen a royalty statement. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:37 What you get out of this 1:05 Type 1: Publishing 1:38 The 3 ways publishing pays 2:36 Nobody registers you automatically 3:13 Mistake 1: assuming your team handles it 3:51 Type 2: SoundExchange 4:55 There is no producer share 5:53 It comes out of the artist's 45% 6:53 Mistakes 2 and 3 7:51 Type 3: Master royalties 8:34 Who cuts the check, and the 5 things 9:36 Real example: $879,000 recovered 10:33 Mistakes 4, 5 and 6 11:35 One song, three systems 12:30 The 6 biggest mistakes 13:13 Recap FREE CATALOG AUDIT DM the word AUDIT on Instagram @royaltymastersofficial First review is on us. .................... Royalty Masters administers master recording royalties for music producers. We have recovered over $8.5 million. Instagram:   / thedanmontano     / royaltymastersofficial   Website: https://royalty-masters.com/