Rights & royalties admin

The money that exists whether or not you collect it: PROs, neighboring rights, mechanicals and publishing admin. US, UK and German societies are shown; every country has the same shapes — one performance society, one neighboring-rights collector, one mechanical route. Registering is the single highest-return admin work a new artist can do.

ASCAP — US performance royalties; pick it or BMI, not both. Songwriters, composers and self-publishing artists who need a U.S. PRO to collect the performance royalties generated by their compositions.
BMI — Free US performance royalty collection for songwriters. Songwriters, composers, producers and self-publishing artists in the U.S. who want free PRO affiliation and the ability to collect both performance shares without paying to establish a separate publisher account.
Curve Royalty Systems — Labels and publishers that have outgrown spreadsheets and regularly account to multiple artists or songwriters.
Easy Song — Artists releasing cover recordings who want help handling US mechanical-license paperwork.
GEMA — Germany-based writers; thorough collection, strong rates. Germany-based songwriters and composers whose music receives regular streams, broadcasts, live performances, physical releases or other licensed use—especially when expected royalties comfortably exceed the annual fee.
Global Music Rights — Elite catalogs commanding premium negotiated rates. Established hit songwriters, prominent composers, major publishers and valuable catalogs with enough commercial leverage to secure an invitation and customized representation.
GVL — Performers and recording owners whose commercially released music receives eligible use in Germany.
Identifyy — Artists whose music gets reused on YouTube. Rights holders with a fully original, exclusively controlled catalog that is frequently used in user-generated videos but lacks Content ID administration through a distributor or label.
IMRO — Irish songwriters and composers with original music receiving public performance, broadcast or qualifying online use.
Kobalt — Writers with meaningful streaming royalties already flowing. Established songwriters, producers, artists and publishers with meaningful catalog activity who want global collections, transparent reporting and hands-on sync or creative support.
MusicBrainz — Clean canonical metadata that downstream databases inherit. Artists, labels and catalog managers who want accurate, structured and reusable metadata—especially for releases, alternate versions, collaborations and detailed personnel credits.
PPL — Performers and master owners with commercially released recordings used in the UK or represented international territories.
PRS for Music — UK-based writers collecting performance and mechanical royalties. UK-based songwriters, composers and publishers whose music is streamed, broadcast, performed live or otherwise used publicly. It is particularly useful for artists regularly playing original music at licensed UK venues.
Sena — Performers and recording owners whose music receives qualifying public use in the Netherlands.
Sentric — Collecting publishing royalties before you can justify Songtrust's fee. Independent songwriters who want publishing administration without an upfront fee or lengthy commitment, particularly those generating royalties internationally or from live performances.
SESAC — Negotiated-rate PRO membership if they invite you. Established or fast-rising songwriters, producers and composers who have measurable commercial activity, strong industry representation or an existing relationship that can lead to an invitation.
Session Studio — Split sheets and credits captured at the session. Artists, producers and songwriting teams who regularly collaborate and need one shared record of audio versions, personnel credits, metadata and agreed composition splits.
SGAE — Composers, lyricists and music publishers working substantially in Spain or its represented repertoire.
Songtrust — Global publishing collection without surrendering ownership. Independent songwriters, producers, publishers and catalog managers generating meaningful royalties across multiple countries who want centralized administration without surrendering copyright ownership.
SoundExchange — Every US artist with recordings on internet radio. Recording artists, independent labels and artists who own their masters and receive airplay through US satellite radio, internet radio, cable-music channels or other noninteractive digital services.
Soundreef — Writers seeking flexible rights administration in Soundreef’s active territories and willing to compare its mandate with traditional societies.
STIM — Swedish songwriters and composers whose works are publicly performed, broadcast or streamed.
The MLC — Collecting US streaming mechanicals you're otherwise leaving behind. Self-administered songwriters, composers, lyricists and publishers who control their US mechanical rights and are not already using a publishing administrator to collect them.
TONO — Norwegian songwriters and composers, including self-releasing artists who write their own music.