Short-form & Social
How to Get Your Music on Snap
Snap's licensed sound library across Snaps, Stories, and Spotlight.
Visit Snap →Snap licenses music from rightsholders for its Sounds library, used across Snaps, Stories, and Spotlight. It's a meaningful short-form distribution surface particularly for younger US audiences.
Notes delivers your music to Snap's licensed Sounds library and reconciles the royalties Snap pays out for usage in user-generated content.
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on Snap
- Deliver. Notes delivers your music to Snap's licensed sound library so it's available for creators worldwide.
- Register. Songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC so the publishing share of every use is paid.
- Collect. Per-use licensing royalties from Snap are reconciled in one place — no percentage taken from your earnings.
What you earn here
Royalties Snap generates
Snap
- Recording
- Songwriting
Your Snap recording royalties reach you through Notes, and we register you with The MLC and your PRO so the rest is collected too — all paid to you in full, never a percentage taken.
- Recording RoyaltiesRecording royalties are what the master earns — the recording revenue your distributor collects, plus digital-performance royalties.
- Mechanical RoyaltiesMechanical royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers each time a composition is reproduced — including every interactive stream and download.
- Performance RoyaltiesPerformance royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers when a composition is performed publicly — on radio, TV, in venues, or via streaming.
- Content ID RoyaltiesContent ID royalties are paid when your music is used in other people's videos on YouTube — its fingerprinting system finds the use and monetizes it for you.
Questions musicians ask
Common questions about Snap
- How do I get my music on Snap?
- Add your release in Notes and we deliver it to Snap's licensed sound library, so creators can use your track in their videos worldwide — with your credits and ISRCs attached.
- Do I earn royalties when creators use my song on Snap?
- Yes. Uses on Snap generate royalties, and Notes reconciles them alongside the rest of your catalog — with no percentage taken from your earnings.
- Does Notes handle the songwriting side too?
- Yes. Your songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC, so the publishing share of every use is collected — not just the recording side.