Neighboring Rights and BMI

[bobsstudio]

Hi All,

So I have had 2 nice payouts (low 4 figures) from Sound Hill ( formally Rident ) for beginning and end credits on a Czech CNN news show.
My statements from Sound Hill shows the collection agency in Czech. is Intergram.

However if I look at my BMI statements for that period and same show the royalty is just a few dollars, less than $40. And the Czech collection agency is OSA.

I always assumed the the BMI royalty from a show would always be greater than the neighboring rights royalty.

Any ideas anybody?

Best as always

BobG

[bobsstudio]

OK so I asked Google……..of course!

This was the response:

“1. Different Copyrights and PoolsBMI (Composition): Pays the songwriter and publisher for the written song (melody and lyrics). TV and radio station licensing fees pooled by BMI are split across millions of played works, often diluting per-play payouts.Neighboring Rights (Master Recording): Pays the performing artists and the owner of the master recording (often an independent artist or record label) for the actual audio file broadcast on TV, satellite, or digital radio.

2. Ownership Multipliers If you are a self-released artist who produced and performed your own track, you own both the master recording and act as the performer. You collect 100% of the neighboring rights allocation (split between label/artist shares via organizations like SoundExchange).For BMI, if you co-wrote the song with three other people and split it with a publisher, your individual slice of that same performance might be a small fraction of the total composition payout.

3. International Broadcast WeightingNeighboring rights pay significantly better in international markets (especially Europe and parts of Asia) where terrestrial radio and TV broadcasters pay heavy statutory performance fees on sound recordings. BMI only collects composition performance royalties, and foreign sister societies deduct administrative overhead or handle local distribution differently. If a show airs heavily overseas, the master side collection frequently dwarfs the publishing side collection.”

I just didn’t think it would be that much of a difference in payout.

And I’m not complaining!! Anything we get these days is a bonus!!

Best

BobG

[Art Munson]

You need a company to collect those neighboring rights royalties for you. I use Rident Royalties though they have been taken over by Round Hill Music

You can see a complete rundown on where royalties come from here:
https://musiclibraryreport.com/music-royalty-cheat-sheet/

• This reply was modified 1 week, 2 days ago by Art Munson.

[MaLmusic]

How was the registering process with Rident/Sound Hill? I’m hesitating between them and NRG.

[Art Munson]

With Chris (who started Rident) it was easy as I dealt with him directly. Since it’s been rolled into Round Hill I don’t have any complaints. I did get an email from Chris, the other day, that he is leaving. Will have to see if anything changes.

[MaLmusic]

Interesting. I might hit them up, and see if I go with them or with NRG.

[bobsstudio]

Yup Art, I got that email from Chris to.

Hopefully it will be a smooth transition.

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