PERFORMING RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
Academy Of Country Music
4100 W Alameda Ave, # 208
Burbank, CA. 91505
Phone # 1-818-842-8400
Website: www.acmcountry.com
Founded in 1964 to promote Country music.
AFM
American Federation Of Musicians
1501 Broadway, Ste. 600
New York, NY 10036
Phone # 1-212-869-1330
Website: www.afm.org
Founded in the 1800’s the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada helps thousands of musicians in various daily
activities from negotiating agreements, protecting ownership of recorded music, securing benefits such as health care and pension, or lobbying our legislators.
AFTRA
American Federation Of TV & Radio Artist
5757 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 9
Los Angeles, CA. 90036
Phone # 1-323-634-8100
Website: www.aftra.com
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) is a national labor union representing over 70,000 plus performers artist and journalists
working in the entertainment and news media industry.
Americana Music Association
411 E Iris Dr. Ste. D
Nashville, TN 37204
Phone # 615-386-6936
Website: www.americanamusic.org
The Americana Music Association is a professional trade organization whose mission is to provide a forum for the advocacy of Americana music and to promote public awareness of the genre to support the creative and economic viability of professionals in this field. The Americana Music Association is a professional trade association dedicated to building and promoting the Americana genre and the individuals who participate in our industry.
ASCAP-American society Of Composers Authors & Publishers
Website: www.ascap.com
One of three performing rights organizations who collects royalties on behalf of members these royalties are collected each time a radio station plays a song.
ASCAP is the home to over 300,000 plus U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music.
ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works.
There is an application processing fee of $25 to join ASCAP, but there are no annual dues.
Join ASCAP online or download forms and follow instructions
After completing and signing the application materials, please send them to:
ASCAP Membership Department
Application Enclosed
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
How Ascap Pay Royalties
One of the first steps to getting paid is making sure your works are registered at ASCAP
ASCAP OFFICES
New York Office
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 621-6000
Fax: (212) 724-9064
Los Angeles Office
7920 W. Sunset Boulevard, Third Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Tel: (323) 883-1000
Fax: (323) 883-1049
Nashville Office
Two Music Square West
Nashville, TN 37203
Tel: (615) 742-5000
Fax: (615) 742-5020
Chicago Office
1608 N Milwaukee, Suite 1007
Chicago, IL 60647
Tel: (773) 394-4286
Fax: (773) 394-5639
Miami Office
420 Lincoln Rd, Suite 385
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: (305) 673-3446
Fax: (305) 673-2446
Puerto Office
Ave. Martinez Nadal
c/ Hill Side 623
San Juan, PR 00920
Tel: (787) 707.0782
Fax: (787) 707.0783
Atlanta Office
Tel: (404) 351-1224
Fax: (404) 351-1252
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The Blues Foundation-
The Blues Foundation
49 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103-2492
Tel: 901-527-2583
Fax: 901.529.4030
Website: www.blues.org
Organized and founded in 1980, The Blues Foundation’s mission is to preserve Blues history, celebrate Blues excellence, support Blues education and ensure the future of this uniquely American art form.
Billboard Magazine
Launched in the fall of 1894 by two partners, William H. Donaldson and James H. Hennegan,
BMI-
Website: www.bmi.com
One of three performing rights organizations who collects royalties on behalf of members these royalties are collected from network television, cable TV, cable movie channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.), radio, satellite radio, nightclubs, stores, restaurants and other public performance.
BMI collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. Find a list of locations below of BMI offices around the country!
Join BMI As. You cannot join BMI if you are currently affiliated with another performing right society. There are no fees to Join BMI as a Songwriter or Composer but there are fees for joining BMI as a Music Publisher (Click link to view).
One of the first steps to getting paid is making sure your works are registered at BMI
BMI OFFICES
Atlanta
3340 Peachtree Road, NE
Suite 570
Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 261-5151
London
84 Harley House
Marylebone Road
London NW1 5HN,
United Kingdom 44 20 7486 2036
Los Angeles
8730 Sunset Blvd.
3rd Flr West
West Hollywood, CA 90069-2211
(310) 659-9109
Miami
5201 Blue Lagoon Drive
Suite 310
Miami, FL 33126
(305) 266-3636
Nashville
10 Music Square East
Nashville, TN 37203-4399
(615) 401-2000
New York
320 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019-3790
(212) 586-2000
Puerto Rico
MCS Plaza
255 Ponce de León Ave. Ste. 208
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917
(787) 754-6490
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Founded in 1930, making it the second oldest performing rights organization in the United States. One on three performing rights organizations who collects royalties on behalf of members these royalties are collected from network television, cable TV, cable movie channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.), radio, satellite radio, nightclubs, stores, restaurants and other public performance.
Join SESAC As: SESAC has a selective process by which to affiliate songwriters and publishers
CMJ: CMJ Network connects music fans and music industry professionals with the best in new music through interactive media, live events and print. CMJ.com offers a digital music discovery service, information resources, and community to new music fans, professionals, and artists. CMJ Events produces the legendary CMJ Music Marathon, the largest and longest-running music industry event of its kind, in addition to live events and tours across the USA. The weekly music business trade magazine CMJ New Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts of non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and trend-forward retail sales. CMJ New Music Monthly, the first consumer magazine to include a bound-in CD sampler, is the leading publication for the emerging music enthusiast. CMJ Access is an integrated marketing agency specializing in providing its clients unparalleled access to the college and young adult demographic and emerging music world. CMJ has teamed up with Mediaguide and RadioWave Airplay Monitor to create the CMJ Airplay Manager information package that provides airplay data from both terrestrial broadcast and internet radio airplay to independent artists. With the same purchase, artists can also have one of their songs distributed to all 4,800 internet stations. Through the CMJ Airplay Manager, artists can now know exactly when, where and how often their music is getting played across 2,500 college, non-commercial and commercial broadcast radio stations and 4,800 internet radio stations, including the entire Live365.com, Shoutcast and SWCast networks.
CMJ Network,
151 W. 25th St., 12th Fl.,
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 917.606.1908
Fax: 917.606.1914
Gospel Music Association: Founded in 1964, the Gospel Music Association serves as the face and voice for the Christian/Gospel music community and is dedicated to exposing, promoting and celebrating the gospel through music of all styles including pop, rock, praise & worship, black gospel, R&B, hip hop, southern gospel, country, and more.
The GMA community consists of 4,000 members includes agents, artists, church leaders, managers, promoters, radio personnel, record company executives, retailers, songwriters, and other industry visionaries. The GMA produces the GMA Dove Awards, GMA Music Week, GMA Music in the Rockies, and the GMA Academy.
Nielsen Soundscan–Nielsen covers the music industry from tracking sales of music and video products to providing the data source to the Billboard music charts. Radio airplay is also a major aspect of the music industry covered. We monitor 1,600 radio stations, satellite radio and cable music channels in over 140 markets in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico) and 30 Canadian markets.
Q: Where do I send my new music to be encoded?
Send all mixes of your single releases (preferably on CD) to:
BDS
8100 N.W. 101st Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64153
Attn: Encoding Department
To ensure prompt completion, please provide the following information with your product:
Artist Name
Song titles with specific mix names, if applicable
Label
Contact Information
When sending an entire album, please specify priority tracks for encoding!
Click on BDS for more information on encoding music.
Nielsen BDS announces Virtual Encode! Now you can submit your CD’s and MP3’s, free of charge, electronically through our secure Virtual Encode website.
To submit your music via Virtual Encode:
1. Please send an email with “Virtual Encode” as the subject to our Client Services Department at clientservices@bdsonline.com for a username and password. When submitting your request, PLEASE include the following information in the body of your email:
Your Full Name
Company or Label Name
Contact Number
Primary Email Address
Any Additional Contact Information
2. After which, You will receive login information and instructions for the Virtual Encode website, via e-mail.
Click on BDS for more information on Virtual encoding music .
Mediabase: Mediabase 1 of 3 organization that tracks radio airplay of music and provide the data to the Billboard music charts. Mediabase monitors commercial radio stations, satellite radio and cable music channels in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico) and Canadian markets.
Q: Where do I send my new music to be encoded?
A: Send new music to:
Mediabase Research
Attn: Encoding Department
15260 Ventura Blvd., Ste 400
Sherman Oaks, CA, 91403or email MP3 file to:
digitaldelivery@mediabase.comNOTE: It is very helpful to include as much information as possible, e.g., the name of the track(s) you are working at radio, the format(s), contact name at the label, phone number, e-mail address, etc. You can submit song information through the Mediabase New Music Notification form
Sound Exchange: is an independent, nonprofit performance rights organization. Sound Exchange is a non-profit performance rights organization that collects statutory royalties from satellite radio (such as SIRIUS XM), internet radio, cable TV music channels and similar platforms for streaming sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board, which is appointed by The U.S. Library of Congress, has entrusted Sound Exchange as the sole entity in the United States to collect and distribute these digital performance royalties on behalf of featured recording artists, master rights owners (like record labels), and independent artists who record and own their masters.
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Place du Portage I, 50 Victoria Street, Room C229,
Gaineau, Quebec, K1A 0C9, Canada
Tel 819-997-1936
Canadian Intellectual Property Office