How To Register A Work With Ascap

A scene from the Splitsville, The states panel at the 2018 ASCAP Feel

What Co-Writers Need to Know Nigh Songwriting Splits

At the 2018 ASCAP Experience, ASCAP Writer Board members Desmond Child, Alex Shapiro and Michelle Lewis, along with songwriter and artist Deputy, presented a panel on songwriting splits and why it is and so important that co-writers prioritize the commutation of accurate writer and publisher information at the signal of cosmos.

The panel, playfully chosen "Splitsville, USA," explored the idea that songwriting splits are like people: some alive alone (100%), some live together as couples (50%-fifty%), some are in a threesome (33.33%, 33.33%, 33.34%), while others live happily together in groups of four, 5 or more than.

The Splitsville panelists illuminated the cardinal steps all songwriters need to take when co-writing if they want to exist compensated effectively when their music is publicly performed on digital music services. Here are the well-nigh important ones:

The Top Three Steps All Songwriters Demand to Accept When Co-Writing

At the point of creation, amicably agree on splits - ideally in writing - that add up to exactly 100% (View a sample of songwriter Desmond Child's "split canvas" hither).
Share correct publishing and performing rights organization (PRO) info with each other.
Accurately register all of your works in detail with your PRO, ideally earlier they are uploaded online anywhere.

If y'all don't piece of work these issues out early in the artistic process, bad title registrations and disputes tin can end important creative relationships and event in inaccurate royalty payments or royalties going to the wrong person.

Withal, by making some simple, positive changes to your artistic business practices, you and your fellow songwriters can create a world of adept – for yourselves, your families, your community, your manufacture and billions of music lovers.

Watch the animated "Splitsville, United states of america" video beneath for a humorous simply educational look at songwriting splits. You can also watch a video of the slideshow presented at the console, and narrated by ASCAP writer Board member Alex Shapiro, which explains the importance of keeping your song data clean.

Frequently asked questions

Online Work Registration

How do I log on to the Title Registration system for the first time?

To start using ASCAP's Title Registration system, sign in to Fellow member Access and click "Annals a Work" on the "My Catalog" tab.

Tin can you walk me through a registration?

Please visit the Work Registration

FAQ for help on how to annals your work or use the tooltips institute throughout the course.

I want to annals more titles, simply I have forgotten my password. Should I start another account?

At that place is no need to get-go another account. Simply click the "Forgot Password?" link on the Member Access page and you can recover your password.

How practice I revise the writers, publishers or shares on a title that I accept already submitted?

You may only revise a piece of work that you originally registered online yourself. To revise the entitled party or share information for a work, click "View/Edit an Existing Title" on the navigation bar. If the change(s) yous submit instruct(s) ASCAP to delete an entitled party other than yourself or reduce the share of another entitled party, ASCAP may require signed correspondence from that party confirming the change.

I need specific changes made to a work in my itemize that I didn't register. How practise I edit this work?

Changes to a work you did not register can be done through Member Access. Click "

Messages," and create a "New Message." Select the category "My Itemize" and the topic "Work Record Update." You will be assigned an inquiry number and notified when the work has been updated.

I have both an ASCAP writer and publisher membership. Practice I have to annals titles twice?

No. Titles should only be registered once, and will automatically announced in the catalogs of each entitled party listed on the initial registration.

Delight note: If your work is not cocky-published, we prefer that the work exist registered but past the publisher representing your interest.

I co-wrote a piece of music, and my co-writer already registered it. Do I need to register information technology besides?

If your co-writer registered the work with ASCAP, there is no demand to annals the song once again – though it is a good idea to check with your co-writer to ensure that he/she registered information technology properly.

If your co-writer belongs to a dissimilar PRO, you lot volition also demand to register your work with ASCAP earlier nosotros can rails it and get you paid.

I forgot my member number. Can you delight ship me my number?

Because of our privacy policy, nosotros cannot provide your member lawmaking past e-mail. Even so, you tin observe your Fellow member ID in your Member Access account, on an ASCAP royalty statement, or by calling Member Services at ane-800-95-ASCAP.