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Payments are made via ACH direct deposit or check (usually). Cash app/paypal etc. are not commonly used but occasionally you may see some agencies can use those vendors.
As far as payment distribution amongst collaborators on a song:
- For agencies: They will pay the sync fee, less their commissio...
“Work for hire” is when a composer is paid an up-front fee for writing music and in
return, the composition(s) becomes the property of the employer.
- This is answer is Guest Interview 03/18/22 @ 1h 3min 20sec
- This is answer is from Group Coaching & Liste...
Royalties are a form of backend payment that you are owned whenever your song is publicly performed (TV, Film, Stadium, Video Game, Commercial, etc.). Specifically, when it comes to sync, there are a ton of types of royalties.
Other resources: "What are royalties?"
No, you don't need a PRO to collect upfront fees from sync placements. Those are paid out directly to you. Any backend royalties are collected through your PRO.
Other resources: Group Coaching 02/08/22 @ 25min 57sec
A document listing who wrote a song and how much of the song they wrote (their pro-rata share). This happens at the end of a songwriting session to make sure all parties agree to their percentages, sign the document and deliver to their teams so it will be ready to generate royalties, licenses, and ...
A payment for the execution of song ideas for a commissioned sync project. This is paid whether or not a song is actually placed.
“Work for hire” is when a composer is paid an up-front fee for writing music and in
return, the composition(s) becomes the property of the employer.
A performing right is the right to perform a musical work or sound recording. Any
time an organisation (such as a radio station, TV channel, café, hotel, etc.) wants to
perform a copyrighted work publicly, they must acquire performance rights from the
copyright owner or representative. PROs such as ...
This term means that every nation will be treated equally and without preference. So
with music licensing it means that all songs used in an audiovisual production are
awarded the same fee.
Cue Sheets are documents which let PROs track the use of music in films and TV
shows, allowing composers and publishers to be fairly compensated for their work.
Each time a film or TV show is completed, a Cue Sheet is prepared listing all the
music used in the production with details including compo...
A license which gives a user / organisation the authority to use all of the songs in a
Performing Right’s Organization’s repertoire for an annual fee.
When you license both the sound recording (master rights) and the song (publishing
rights) for one “all in” fee.
Ex: $10K "all in" mean $5k to license the master copyright and $5K to license the publishing copyright.
