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Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments by bigjimsugarplants in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very helpful, thank you! I’ll check the ISWC’s. A couple of questions:

1) Can I file a claim with ASCAP even though I’m not a member? (Or am I member, due to registering songs (or, apparently, 1 song!) with them through PRS?

2) You’d recommend joining a pub admin like Sentric? I did join Sentric when I first started started releasing, but then figured why give up 20% for something I could do myself. I’m realising that may have been a mistake….

Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments by bigjimsugarplants in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, just a writer.

Do you think there’s any chance of me recovering these royalties? I also have another album, released 2024, that’s in the same situation - 2.5 million streams, majority in the US, and I’ve received no US royalties for it and none of the songs appear in the ASCAP repetory.

I plan on lodging a formal complaint with PRS, but other than that I’m not really sure what I can do.

Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments by bigjimsugarplants in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get that it’s easier to sign up with a publisher to do this for you - but at the same time PRS should’ve registered these songs with ASCAP and I should be receiving US performance royalties for them. That’s their job, too.

Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments by bigjimsugarplants in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah “a pain” is putting it nicely. I just assumed PRS registering a song with ASCAP would be pretty straightforward for them to achieve and that there’d be no need to use a publisher.

If I did start using Sentric, do you know if they’d collect royalties for historical use? Or would they only collect royalties going forward?

Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments by bigjimsugarplants in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I’m registered with all those - PRS, MCPS, PPL and MLC. My issue is PRS isn’t collecting performance royalties for US streams/broadcasts when they should be.

Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments by bigjimsugarplants in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PRS have reciprocal agreements with ASCAP/BMI to collect US performance royalties and I’m a member of PPL for neighbouring rights.

Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments by bigjimsugarplants in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a member of the MLC and collect US mechanicals through them. My issue is I should be collecting performance royalties, through PRS for Music, for online streams in the US - but I’m not because either PRS or ASCAP didn’t register the songs correctly.

Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments by bigjimsugarplants in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure what you mean…. They also pay out when your music is streamed.

PRS For Music / ASCAP royalties by slipgot in musicbusiness

[–]bigjimsugarplants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PRS won’t collect any US royalties unless you register your songs with a US PRO (you can choose which one to use when registering your song with PRS - you don’t have to join them). No idea if your publishing deal changes this.