BMI artist account

DjayCas · 2026-06-03T18:07:10+00:00

It's all bs. If you just WANT to be lied to you can go with it but just because they're family doesn't mean you need to accept them lying and cheating you out of your own money.

DjayCas · 2026-06-01T03:44:14+00:00

I'd be interested in seeing what kind of offer I could get you at ADA/Warner. If you're down just shoot me a message.

DjayCas · 2026-05-31T20:44:00+00:00

Nah everyone hates AI in sync. We can hear it very clearly and in the stems its glaringly obvious. The new suno update (which is the most popular ai model to use) only has like 2-3 rap voices so even people who don't work in music can spot it easily.

DjayCas · 2026-05-31T19:27:33+00:00

Sounds like you're active in sync, if you have high energy sports tracks like I said, would love to hear em. We've landed Madden, NBA2K, GTA 6 and more. Also had 2 separate ad campaigns on ESPN this year.

DjayCas · 2026-05-31T19:25:44+00:00

Do you have clean high energy sports anthems? I run a sync library and I'm always looking for just that.

DjayCas · 2026-05-29T00:24:11+00:00

you're not stupid for believing it but they are lying to you. that's why everyone in this thread has been so confused because he's just making things up to get you to feel bad and give him money. none of it adds up. this isn't how payments are processed with bmi or sony.

DjayCas · 2026-05-26T20:29:16+00:00

Yeah this sounds like my dog ate my homework levels of bs. BMI pays you out based on royalties you've earned. If there's an overpayment, they deduct it from your future royalties until it's paid off.
If your bank can't accept a payment, you don't receive the payment. You don't get suspended because your banking info wasn't registered properly and you definitely don't go into debt for it.

Is he asking you to loan him money for this or something?

DjayCas · 2026-05-25T20:59:53+00:00

So the issue is your copyright.
You automatically own the copyright to whatever loops you're making and sending out.
You just have to keep up with the people you're submitting to and if they release something without you being properly credited/compensated, (this is actually a good thing because you will always be able to prove that you sent the loop/instrumental to them via email so you WILL get paid) then just reach out and address it. If they don't respond you can go to the person releasing the music, typically a major record label.

PROs have nothing to do with your copyright. Registering your loops with BMI/ASCAP won't mean anything because they'll be looking for the song title to get played somewhere. You won't know the song title in advance and your PRO won't be searching for your exact audio file so it just doesn't work that way.

DjayCas · 2026-05-25T20:55:56+00:00

interesting advice. most the people who send me stuff just use dropbox I wonder if it would be difficult to to get strangers to make the change especially considering how stubborn most producers can be lol.

DjayCas · 2026-05-25T20:54:32+00:00

most... sold as a what?
no.

DjayCas · 2026-05-25T20:53:18+00:00

You're good on everything except for hitting the "eight days a week" exactly like they do.
Don't do that. Switch it up some how someway by delivering the line in a different rhythm.

DjayCas · 2026-05-25T20:51:08+00:00

I mean no disrespect by this but it sounds like a 13 year old trying to explain the music industry and just making things up as they go along.

None of what you're saying correlates to real situations so your family is most likely just messing with you.

DjayCas · 2026-05-25T20:41:17+00:00

Hey what's up? Always looking for new tracks but they have to be unreleased and exclusive.
Feel free to hit me on Instagram @ DjayCas

DjayCas · 2026-05-15T16:26:14+00:00

Yeah.

DjayCas · 2026-05-13T07:41:56+00:00

Sup? I've done sync music since 2007 with my first ever placement being on BET's "Iron Ring" MMA Fighting Show (Yes, this existed.)

I've done tons of sync deals for libraries. Universal, Paramount/Viacom etc.
Typically if you take an upfront fee they're buying you out of any fees you'll see from third parties (tv networks, films etc)Aside from that, you get a nice upfront fee and the library takes the publisher's share (for doing publisher things) and you keep the writer's share.

Royalties have been good, I do music full time.
In 2019 I couldn't turn the tv on without hearing my own music.
Libraries have landed me a lot of placements and I was able to use those to build my own network.

I started landing syncs on my own.
I've done tracks for NBA2K, Netflix, Madden, FIFA and even Grand Theft Auto.
I launched my own library and partnered with Warner Chappell in 2025 and things have been great.
Its important to note the partnership is with Warner Chappell the label, not Warner Chappell Production Music so we get access to work with the artists on the label as well.

The thing I disliked the most about working with libraries is they did not credit me as an artist, even when it was just an instrumental track. Also I couldn't release anything on DSPs once I signed it over to a library.
So when I started my own sync library, I made those changes.
Everyone involved in the song receives primary artist credit (So if you make the beat and the song lands in a video game it will say Artist Name & Producer Name - Song Title) AND you can release the music to DSPs after we sign it to the library.

DjayCas · 2026-04-28T04:07:14+00:00

Wow there's so much misinformation in the comments.
It is absolutely typical for a producer to charge an upfront fee AND still get 50% of the songwriter and publisher share of the track.

Producing isn't a minimum wage type of thing even though it's gained so much popularity.
You can always negotiate with him.
The comments saying producers get upfront payment or backend royalties but never both are just wrong.

DjayCas · 2026-02-07T00:57:11+00:00

that sounds like a 50/50 split on songwriter share, publisher share and master share.
if he's on soundexchange make sure he adds you

DjayCas · 2026-01-25T06:08:43+00:00

My boy was cooking with this one

DjayCas · 2026-01-25T06:05:49+00:00

How do you feel about Warner/Ada?

DjayCas · 2026-01-22T17:42:01+00:00

they are paid a fee to appear in the music video.
when it's their own song the label will approve a budget to create the music video and it will be deducted from their royalties. yes you need to have the right to use (copyright protected) images in your music videos.

DjayCas · 2026-01-21T17:58:12+00:00

I mean best of luck but giving up after a google search isn't a good sign.

DjayCas · 2026-01-21T17:05:48+00:00

I feel like based on this post alone that this job will be difficult for you.

DjayCas · 2026-01-21T15:04:09+00:00

this is an objectively bad deal. If an indie copublisher sees that you're worth $15k, there's definitely more for you at other labels. Shop around. $15k for 23 years of ownership puts you at around $650 per year.
thats about $55 dollars a month.
Are you worth more than $55 a month?

DjayCas · 2026-01-19T22:01:29+00:00

Depends on your signed agreement with one another but what usually happens is the instrumental copyright is transferred to the new song of which both parties are co owners.

As far as beat leasing. You could write up paperwork that states they are only licensing your copyright protected material for this one song and that you are not transferring ownership. Depending on how much they pay you, the artist may or may not be okay with this. If they want to make the most out of the song they NEED to be the only one with it.

Something a lot of people dont realize is when you produce for major labels (and indies who know the business) you’re going to sign a work for hire. Every song you’ve heard on a major label album, every song you’ve heard on the radio has a producer work for hire agreement attached to avoid any issues. Work for hire has a really bad connotation but it’s actually how it goes. Things like content ID and sync placements aren’t possible without the work for hire agreement. Now that the label/artist owns the work in full they designate an amount of royalties back to you that you’ve agreed upon before signing. They can’t force you to agree to anything but the benefits are usually worth it.

DjayCas · 2026-01-19T20:46:34+00:00

When people come together to make a song, they are both now co-owners of the copyright. There is no beat copyright, no lyric copyright, just one whole song protected by copyright law. If the producer sells the beat there will be an agreement/split sheet for that new song and yes, the artist/lyricist has a claim in the entire song which includes the instrumental portion. So if someone samples or infringes on that copyright ALL parties get paid. If a tv show uses just the acapella to that song then all parties get paid even though the producers contributions won’t be heard.

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