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There’s more to music publishing than getting your compositions heard. Using a music publishing company like Horus Music means you’ll always be paid the royalties for your craft. You’ll get the opportunity to share your talent with the world, and you’ll be paid the money you deserve.
Our music publisher platform is open to all songwriters and publishing rights holders out there, to register their music compositions with a global network of royalty collection societies.
Horus Music Publishing works on a monthly subscription basis. From just £3 per month, you’ll have complete control of your music and will retain 90% of your publishing royalties
As a Horus Music publisher, you’ll be paid royalties from the following revenue streams:
Performance royalties are generated each time the composition is performed in public such as a live show, or played on the radio, broadcast on TV, or streamed. These royalties are collected by performance rights organisations (PROs), who act on behalf of songwriters, composers and publishers to ensure you’re paid when your music is publicly performed.
Each time your composition is reproduced (on CD, vinyl, cassette, streams, downloads) mechanical rights organisations will collect these royalties on your behalf.
You’re also paid royalties when your lyrics are reproduced, such as when they’re displayed on Spotify, Google search or Instagram stories.
Music publishing is a term used to describe the managing, protecting and monetising of your songs’ composition. As the songwriter or composer of a song, you own the copyright to the composition. Music publishing ensures you receive the royalties whenever the song is used, either through performance, mechanical or digital use.
Music publishing companies like Horus Music Publishing handle the complicated side of things such as registering the song with copyright agencies and collecting royalties from PROs and MROs. Music publishers can also negotiate contracts with record labels and film or TV production companies to boost revenue even further. That way, you can spend less time worrying about whether you’re going to receive the royalties you’re owed, and more time focusing on what you love most – creating your next masterpiece.
Our new subscription tier, Horus Music Publishing +, gives you the opportunity to submit songs for global sync licensing briefs and bespoke songwriting opportunities you won’t find anywhere else.
Accessing your publishing royalties doesn’t need to break the bank. From just £3 per month, you’ll get an individual songwriter profile to easily manage royalty collection, protect your music rights and connect you with global opportunities.
Represent multiple songwriters? With a Publisher Starter subscription, you can create your publisher profile, so you can easily collect royalties on behalf of your writers and explore new opportunities to grow their reach. You’ll pay just £2.50 for every additional songwriter sub profile you add to your account.
If you represent or work with 20+ songwriters, let us know and we’ll try to put together a custom, affordable package based on the amount of songwriters you have.
If you’re writing and releasing music as a band, you can register your band as a Publisher profile and benefit from reduced rates. You’ll get two songwriter sub profiles for just £5.50 a month, and only pay £2.50 for each additional songwriter you need to add.
We’re happy to answer any questions you may have, but by reading through our Frequently Asked Questions you may find the answers you were looking for.
Music publishing is the process of managing, protecting and monetising your musical compositions. After all, you deserve to be properly paid and credited for your hard work.
Whenever your music is used publicly, whether that be through live performances, streaming, radio play or other public use, music publishing ensures your rights as a creator are protected. It also unlocks new opportunities to generate extra income from your songs.
When you record and release a song, it’s automatically copyrighted by two types of copyright. The first is for the composition (the melody, lyrics and musical arrangement) and another for the sound recording, so the actual recorded performance.
Want to learn more about music publishing and your rights as a musician? Contact a member of our friendly team, we’re happy to help.
Accessing music publishing as an existing Horus Music artist is simple. Head to your dashboard in the My Music Account Zone and you’ll see the option to enter the ‘My Music Publishing Zone’ application. From there, you’ll be able to sign up for music publishing.
Of course you can! Horus Music and Horus Music Distribution are two separate services, so you don’t need to be signed up to one to sign up to the other.
Royalties are usually paid to publishers on a quarterly basis in April, July, October and December. A handful of our partners such as The MLC and Pretzel pay monthly. Keep in mind that it can take up to 12 months for royalties to start being paid for a song once it’s first been registered with PROs.
As a songwriter, you’ll receive your royalties on a monthly basis for any income earned the previous month.
If you’ve never registered with a publisher or PRO, the publishing royalties they generate will remain unclaimed. This means if your song is ‘reproduced’, such as being streamed, downloaded or purchased physically, its publishing royalties are paid to PROs or collection societies. The same applies if you play your songs live or they’re played on the radio for example. To collect these publishing royalties, you’ll need to register with a publisher like Horus Music.
Whether you can claim backdated publishing royalties ultimately depends on the terms and conditions of the collection society or platform. For example, some platforms allow you to backdate publishing royalties up to three years. But we can’t guarantee you’ll be able to backdate the publishing royalties for your song as it depends on the society or platform, and the deals the songwriter may have made in the past.
All band members will need an individual Horus Music Publishing profile to collect their share of the publishing royalties. By registering your band with a Publisher Account, you can take advantage of the reduced rates. You’ll pay just £5.50 a month for two songwriter sub profiles and £2.50 for each additional songwriter in the band.
While each band member needs to have a songwriter profile, only one person needs to upload and submit the song. When it comes to entering the songwriters’ details, our system will search the database for existing Horus Music Publishing songwriter profiles and map the song to their profiles once submitted to begin PRO registration.
The royalties will be split evenly amongst the songwriters and will be sent to each profile separately.
Songwriters and publisher clients can email setlists to the Horus Music Publishing team to process with the relevant collection society. We’re working towards this being an automated feature to eventually be added within Horus Music Publishing accounts.
Reach out to us via email for a list of PROs that you can consider joining. Ultimately, it’s up to you as a songwriter to decide which PRO to affiliate with, but connecting with the PRO/collection society in your home territory is often a good place to start. Some societies accept international songwriters, and all societies have their own sign up fees and requirements to consider.
Whenever your song is streamed or downloaded via a DSP such as Spotify or iTunes, there are two different types of copyright generating royalties. The composition (the lyrics, melody and written music) which is collected by PROs, and the master recording sale reproduction which is paid to the distributor or record label.
While an ISRC (International Standard Recording code) is used to identify and track individual recordings, you need a CAE/IPI number (Composer, Author, Publisher Identification or Interested Party Information) to manage your publishing royalties. It’s used to ensure you’re properly credited and paid when your music is performed, broadcasted or used in any other public space.
In simple terms, if you’re a songwriter, recording artist or performer, you need to be affiliated with both PPL and PRS. PPL is responsible for the reproduction of your master recordings, whereas PRS covers the public performance of your composition – so they operate as two different societies collecting different types of royalties.
Most major territory PROs are part of the reciprocal network, which means if royalties are generated outside of your home territory, they’re sent through the local PROs to your home PRO to be then paid out to the publisher/songwriter. But when the royalties are transferred from one PRO to another, each PRO takes a cut of the amount generated from your work.
When registering your works with Horus Music Publishing, we are direct members with, and register your works directly with worldwide PROs covering 110 territories. This means we eliminate the need for a third party taking a percentage of your royalties. We also handle all the admin on your behalf, such as making sure your works are registered correctly, reporting live performances and ensuring royalties are matched and paid.
Once you’ve submitted a song through your Horus Music Limited account, that song would be exclusive to Horus Music Publishing for the duration of the agreement. But if you decide to sign a deal with another publishing company, just let us know and we can take down the songs you request from our system.
Even if you’re composing instrumental music, you’re still considered a songwriter and your written music will still generate publishing royalties. This means you still need to register as a member of a PRO or sign to a music publisher.
How past royalties are collected will depend on the termination clause in your previous publisher’s contract. We handle this process on a case-by-case basis with you and your former publisher, to ensure your works are correctly transferred to Horus Music Publishing. If you need to start this process, please contact a member of our team.
Performance royalties are earned when your song is performed live or broadcasted, such as being played on the radio or through streaming platforms and are then collected by PROs. Whereas, mechanical royalties are earned when your song is reproduced and distributed, such as through CDs/vinyls, digital streaming or downloads.
Yes, in fact we encourage songwriters to register with their local PRO before signing up with Horus Music Publishing. Some PROs require songwriters in their territory to be registered in order to ensure they receive 100% of their royalties. Additionally, having a CAE/IPI number already assigned allows us to accurately collect royalties from the very start.
Your CAE/IPI number is a publicly accessible international identification number assigned to songwriters and publishers. It’s used to identify the participants and rights holders of a work. IPI numbers were replaced by the CAE system in 2001, meaning CAE and IPI numbers are one and the same. To get a CAE/IPI number, you’ll need to register with a Performance Rights Organisation (PRO), where you’ll then be assigned a number. If you’ve misplaced or forgotten your CAE/IPI number, simply contact your PRO.
Distribution royalties are earned when a song is sold, streamed or distributed such as through physical sales or streaming platforms. They are paid to the recording artist, record label or distributor and relate to the sale of the sound recording. Whereas, publishing royalties are earned when the song’s composition (its melody, lyrics and arrangement) are used through sources such as the radio, TV or films. These royalties are collected by PROs and are then paid to publishers, songwriters and composers.
Once a song has been registered with PROs, it usually takes 9-12 months to receive your first royalties payment.
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