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I am able to log in and look at usage – most recent detected plays displayed were on 13th April on TNT sports in the UK which is also where I am logging in from.
I was terrified of AI when I first heard it and now I use it for literally everything and it’s the best toy I’ve ever had! It’s just a tool like all the other cool things that have been invented down the years. When you learn how to use it and to ‘speak its language’ you can get it to do pretty much everything. I feel like all the limitations I had as a musician and music creator have been removed.
I considered working with Airstate a few years ago. I spoke to one of their representatives on the phone for around an hour and for some reason wasn’t 100% convinced. They attempted to arrange follow up calls and sent numerous emails over the following months, which I found a little pushy. A while later a composer friend of mine told me that what they mainly do is upload your music to Soundmouse, which you can do for free. He said they are somehow affiliated and that they work out of the same building. I checked it out and both companies are actually headquartered at the same address in central London. Soundmouse was never mentioned during my phone call with them. At the time I wasn’t earning much in back-end royalties, but now 25% of my income would be well into five figures. That’s a LOT to be paying for any service annually. I would suggest uploading your catalogue to Soundmouse and BMat to see if there’s any change in your earnings before handing the responsibility over to a third party.
I think you may have frightened them Music1234 – I’ve had over fourteen hundred dollars appear in my account as ‘dataset earnings’!
Thank you !Hey Josh – the idea is good – the message is universal and the chord sequence is pretty strong. I think this song would be improved by having a good vocalist sing the lyrics as an actual melody rather than the semi-rap vocal (I assume that that’s you on vocals?)
It’s a very positive message you’re putting out there which is a cool thing to do.Also the correct spelling is: https://soundroyalties.com/
I was talking to a guy from the PRS a couple of weeks ago and he said that the DSP’s use these codes to inform the PRO’s of each play on their platforms, so if you’ve registered the correct code with your track you’ll get paid by your PRO for the play – even if you’ve also been paid by the distributor you’ve chosen to host your music.
Wow that’s bad !
They must have fed my music into the learning machine first 🙂
Hey at least we can all move on from composers blaming other composers for the current state of the production and royalty free music industries
In the UK the PRS approved detection service is Soundmouse so you should definitely sign up with them
It’s WAY too expensive and I can guarantee you this guy won’t be able to tell you anything you can’t find here or on YouTube.
When I started out I made a promise to myself that I would never hand over any money in exchange for some self proclaimed ‘industry expert’ to listen to my music, critique me, give me advice and direction or a ‘hack’ or ‘the insider secrets’ or whatever else they promise they can do. I never handed over a penny and I advise you to adopt the same rule for yourself. Spend your money on some great VST’s or hardware instead.I thank my library people a lot – if I see a nice lump sum or a group of placements or they tell me they are pitching my work I say thanks and keep up the great work and thank you for representing the music so well. I sometimes even thank them on behalf of any other composers who may forget or not even think to say thanks. I make a living from creating music and I am very grateful to the people who ensure my compositions are out there getting placed and generating income for myself and my family.
@BEATSLINGER are you saying we’ll get paid more for exactly the same usage?
@Orca – Awesome that’s really helpful thank you
@Orca I’m also a PRS member from the UK and most of my income comes from the US. I do get paid via the PRS but maybe it’s worth me switching? Do you need US tax details like a TIN etc before BMI will pay you? I’ve tried jumping through the hoops set out by the IRS previously and it was a bit of an ordeal