Please note, however, that if you have become a member of a non-American. BMI will continue to license U.S.-based representations and distribute performance fees to you in accordance with the terms of our agreement with your non-U.S. agreement. ensure good organization. In most cases, the message must be signed by you and not be sent to BMI more than six (6) months or less than three (3) months before the end of your contract. In some previous agreements, the notification period may vary slightly and refer to your agreement for the specific notification period. In most cases, the songwriter and the publishing house shared all the proverbial «publishing funds» evenly. In reality, this means that fifty percent (50%) of the total amount earned is allocated to the «author`s share» of the composition and the remaining fifty percent (50%) to the composition`s «publisher`s share». Since a single track can have multiple co-authors, this means that multiple editors and others may also be entitled to a portion of the «author» or «editor» portion of the track. For example, if a song has two co-writers, the «author`s share» of the composition could be evenly distributed, with each author receiving fifty percent (50%) of the track`s total «author`s» share.

You can find specific conditions for terminating your BMI Affiliate Agreement under «Terminate Your BMI Affiliate Agreement». You don`t have to take any additional steps to continue your BMI membership. Your agreement with BMI will automatically renew after the initial duration of your membership, unless you decide to terminate the contract in accordance with the terms of your agreement. Any music user who plays a song in public must secure a license and pay a royalty. Songwriters and their music publishers use performing Rights Organizations (PROs) to collect these royalties. In the United States, there are three: ASCAP, IMC and SESAC. A fourth PRO recently launched by music industry mogul Irving Azoff is Global Music Rights (or GMR). PROs charge public performance fees to radio, television, the Internet and other music users such as nightclubs and concert halls. Last year, ASCAP and BMI each raised about a billion dollars. As of 2014, SESAC`s turnover had increased to 182 million $US (compared to US 167 million the previous year). A synchronization refers to the synchronization of a musical composition in an audiovisual work, for example. B a movie, TV show, commercial or video game.

The amount of money for a sync placement varies greatly depending on the type of project and the identity of the song. For example, the use of a classic pop hit in a big movie or TV commercial campaign can be well above six figures. On the other hand, I recently represented a young producer/composer who was paid $12,000 to compose new music for a 30-second spot. Using an independent author`s song in a simple cable show could only bring in a few hundred dollars, if anything at all, other than public performance fees paid to the author of hos or their PRO. I have terminated my BMI membership agreement, but BMI continues to license some of my works, since my publisher is a BMI partner. How do I move works to my new PRO or licensing agent? After the termination of your affiliate agreement, BMI continues to authorize works published by an IMC publishing house currently linked on your behalf, unless the publisher terminates its membership in the IMC or requires that the works be removed during the renewal of the contract. . . .