Royalties
Music Royalties
Music royalties are the payments creators earn when their music is streamed, played in public, sold, or licensed.
Where this sits
Music Royalties
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
Music royalties are the payments creators earn when their music is streamed, played in public, sold, or licensed. The reason they're confusing, and so easy to miss, is that a single play of one song actually earns money in two places at once.
Good to know
Music Royalties: common questions
- Why do I get paid from so many different sources?
- Because one stream generates several royalty types: performance and mechanical on the composition, plus digital-performance and recording royalties on the master. Each is collected by a different organization. Notes consolidates all of them into one account.
- Does Notes take a percentage of my royalties?
- No. Notes is a flat subscription, so every royalty it collects is paid to you in full.