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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
I signed up with a company called NRG:
They are based in Europe and seem to be doing a decent job – I’ve had a couple of biannual statements and it’s starting to build quite nicely. They take a one time fee out of your first payment for the set up then they take 20% thereafter. In my initial conversations with them they said you can usually expect your yearly NR earnings to be between 10-15% of whatever your regular PRO income is, so definitely worth doing.
I wonder if any kind of RF market will finally take off there? Its one hell of a potential customer base if they decide they are actually going to start paying for their music !
I had my best year yet – enough to support myself, my wife and our two children. So if you’re starting to believe there’s no money in the game any more think again !
Hey louschmidt – this question gets asked quite often but I’m afraid you’ll find that many professional musicians who are getting paid upfront money are not likely to broadcast the information!
If you have a look at the ‘Access Music Libraries’ link at the top of the page you’ll see upfront money is one of the categories on each library listing.I’m not making any money from the old stock music sites on which I used to make a decent amount. I reckon the subscription sites have killed them.