BMI, ASCAP and the Harry Fox Agency, have dropped the ball. But along the way the main players sending out the paychecks to songwriters (or their publishers), viz.
I appreciate your railing against Tim Westergren but the overall problem for songwriters is their not seeing meaningful royalties from anywhere in the digital space. O.K., I’m guilty of nit picking your “facts”. I would not be surprised if the Pandora line item for Low is 100 times as great as BMI’s, the payment methodology being a mirror image, the label receiving their 50% directly and the performers divvying up the rest. digital performances of sound recordings, e.g. I have the feeling the comparison you’re promising your readers is your forthcoming SoundExchange statement for U.S. Not that you don’t deserve the money but the BMI payment system has been stacked against anything but the biggest hit songs. I think you’re doing exceptionally well to be earning that much for a 20 year old alternative hit.
I agree that the sum reported for Pandora plays is pathetic as compared to terrestial radio. The only ray of light I see coming from BMI these days has been for “Live Performances”.
You concede that this is 40% of the song, but isn’t it actually 20% as BMI makes separate payment to the music publisher, one of which “Biscuits and Gravy Music”, I dare say you benefit from as an owner. Why the coyness about noting that this is your latest BMI statement? Terrestrial (FM/AM) radio US paid me $1,522.00 I’ll post that later this week.įor frame of reference compare Sirius XM paid me $181.00 It’s higher but also what I would regard as unsustainable. ** I am also paid a seperate royalty for being the performer of the song. * I only own 40% of the song, the rest of the band owns the other 60% so actually amount paid to songwriters multiply by 2.5 or $42.25) I urge all songwriters to post their royalty statements and show the world just how terrible webcasting rates are for songwriters. Here’s an idea! Play two minutes of commercials and double your revenue! (Sirius XM often plays 13 minutes and charges a subscription).
#Colored 1 to 1 million song free
Why doesn’t Pandora get off the couch and get an actual business model instead of asking for a handout from congress and artists? For instance: Right now Pandora plays one minute of commercials an hour on their free service. (Yet another reason the government needs to get out of the business of setting webcasting rates and let the market sort it out.) This is already a government mandated subsidy from songwriters and artists to Silicon Valley. The majority of songwriters have their rates set by the government, too, in the form of the ASCAP and BMI rate courts–a single judge gets to decide the fate of songwriters (technically not a “compulsory” but may as well be). Further since they are compulsory royalties, artists can not “opt out” of a service like Pandora even if they think Pandora doesn’t pay them enough. They are set by the government (crazy, right?). For you civilians webcasting rates are “compulsory” rates. Soon you will be hearing from Pandora how they need Congress to change the way royalties are calculated so that they can pay much much less to songwriters and performers. That’s only the premium multi-color long sleeve shirts and that’s only at venues that don’t take commission. Less than I make from a single T-shirt sale.
As a songwriter Pandora paid me $16.89* for 1,159,000 play of “Low” last quarter.
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