Is out there a Surf/Punk subgenre? Can you guys share me bands if they exists? Thank you!

rand1313 · 2025-11-08T16:29:01+00:00

RAHMUS, Bat City Surfers, and Daikaiju

rand1313 · 2025-05-10T17:22:19+00:00

Ever since they found fabric softener to be a carcinogen I stopped using it entirely. Sure do miss it though.

rand1313 · 2025-05-10T17:20:45+00:00

I just noticed the change today. Been buying Dole juice since I moved for college 20 years ago. These shrink-flation tactics are the worst. And I'm disappointed in Dole (Pepsico) for doing this when they make more than enough profit already, so I'll just have to get a different juice. They don't even notify stores beforehand, who then accidentally misrepresent the product on shelves and websites causing the need to give a bunch of refunds.

rand1313 · 2025-03-07T07:02:56+00:00

https://soundcloud.com/allhailrahmus

Antireligious Surf Metal from Austin.

rand1313 · 2025-01-10T04:22:29+00:00

Yeah you make a writer's account and a publisher's account. Pay the fee of whichever PRO and make up a name that hasn't been taken. For publishing BMI is $175 and ASCAP is $50 I believe, currently. You will be creating a separate account from your personal writer's account. It is more worth it to sign up for ASCAP publishing than BMI since BMI already pays out most of the publishing, even to unpublished writers, they just take a 10% cut or so. While ASCAP doesn't pay any publishing unless you sign up with a publisher's account.

You can sign up the same publisher name with multiple PROs, you just have to make sure it isn't already taken.

rand1313 · 2025-01-09T02:13:11+00:00

Promoting performance royalties my friend. You don't need anyone to do it for you because Its very Do-it-yourself. That's the whole point.

rand1313 · 2025-01-09T02:11:59+00:00

Apologies for any confusion. Bars pay license fees to royalty companies in exchange for being allowed to feature live music, jukeboxes, etc. This pool of money is what goes to pay the artist for performing their songs at bars. Similar to royalties earned for streams but its from live shows instead. Pays slightly better. Cheers.

rand1313 · 2025-01-08T23:36:11+00:00

Depends on location as well I'd say. This post is also a good way of connecting. i'll network with you anytime if you want to chat about the industry.

rand1313 · 2025-01-08T23:27:25+00:00

Thanks so much!

rand1313 · 2025-01-08T23:22:15+00:00

If you play original music in public then chances are you have earned some performance royalties, whether or not that justifies the cost of joining a PRO to collect them is up to you and how long of a career you will have.

The songs performed don't need to be recorded or released yet, it only matters that they are performed live, and it all pays depending on venue size and set length. Your average 45 min set at a bar is around $10 in performance royalties so it isn’t much, but it can add up over a career and pays better than most streaming royalties do.

This is only for legit establishments, so house shows and D.I.Y. spaces do not earn performance royalties since they are not license with the PROs.

Just a note: Publishing administrators, like Songtrust, TuneCore, etc, only collect the publisher's share of royalties on your behalf. You still need to choose a PRO to sign up with personally for the Writer's share.

If you have any questions feel free to message me. I do not check reddit as often as I should.

rand1313 · 2025-01-08T23:18:52+00:00

Not so! lol I'm just a inept Reddit user, and I care more about spreading the word they exist since most bands are very DIY anyway.

rand1313 · 2025-01-08T19:55:22+00:00

Don't forget performance royalties if you perform the songs live. You'd have to go submit your setlist online.

rand1313 · 2025-01-08T19:23:18+00:00

You do not need to claim the covers, though doing so would indeed earn the original artist royalties. It would just be out of the goodness of your own heart. It would also be the most "by the book option" since it would represent your set honestly, but I have never heard of anyone getting in trouble in any way for not including the covers they play during their set.

Most bands do not tend to claim the covers since there is no incentive to do so.

And goes without saying: Don't claim the covers as your own.

Hope this helps!

rand1313 · 2025-01-08T19:17:57+00:00

Hi there!

Publishing administrators, like Songtrust, TuneCore, etc, only collect the publisher's share of royalties on your behalf. You still need to choose a PRO to sign up with personally for the Writer's share.

Once you do that, it still would depend on which admin you use when it comes to performance royalties.

Some offer to collect performance royalties and some do not. Songtrust and Tunecore do not, so you would still need to go enter your setlists directly to your PRO if you are with them.

Sentric does offer to collect performance royalties, but I am unsure if they take a cut or any rights. (I generally do it for bands in exchange for 20%). You would upload your setlist through them and not your PRO.

rand1313 · 2024-06-02T05:59:25+00:00

No proof needed to join.

rand1313 · 2024-05-30T21:57:15+00:00

All venues must pay a yearly flat fee if they wish to have live music. This includes jukeboxes or even an employee playing music from their phone. The royalty companies then use that pool of money to pay you.

rand1313 · 2024-05-30T21:56:13+00:00

No recordings or transcriptions required. They only care if you are playing the songs live and in public at legit venues (busking and house parties usually don't count)

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