BMI Payout

[Gus Caveda]

My payout was low as well. Haven’t seen it this low in over 3 years.

[MichaelL]

My quarter was up.

BTW, there will be 5 BMI payouts this year, with the last one coming in November. They are adjusting the schedule in 2022 so that payouts are spaced evenly, every three months.

[Kubed]

Happy to hear someone’s quarter was up MichaelL 🙂

[MichaelL]

Unexpected money from Hong Kong, Kubed, for a track that’s 20 years old! Also received unexpected money from ASCAP for another 20-year old track that was used in a Golf Digest show.

[spiker]

That’s awesome MichaelL! The gift that keeps on giving!

[LAwriter]

Mine was down significantly (maybe 50-60%) over last quarter, but last quarter was double what a good quarter usually pays out for me. (had good foreign, and one mega placement k-pop thing that played 7 times and paid out low 5 figures.). So in that respect, it didn’t seem too bad. About normal, maybe slightly less.

[abellboy]

I was up because last year was a milestone….. My first BMI royalty!!!! Funny how that small amount of money is more exciting than the large amount of money from my day job!

[spiker]

Congrats Abellboy! That is a milestone. It took me two or three years of doing this before I had my small BMI payout. Those years were tough to get through.

[abellboy]

Thanks! My wife wants me to do more RF because I’ve made more on Pond5! :)) Not sure how others feel about the Sync vs RF ratio, but it was cool seeing royalties come in from other countries even if it was just (literally) pennies.

[composer]

Mine was down somewhat. The big difference was the huge decline in new placements, which I assume is COVID-related.

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