Am I still eligible for performance royalties if I sell music through Songbay?

Yes! There is royalty known as the 'performance royalty', which is owed to a composer/lyricist whenever their music is broadcast or performed in public. This is not normally paid by people purchasing songs or licenses from artists through Songbay. (See below). If you are a member of a professional collection Royalty collection agency such as ASCAP, PRS, BMI, they will automatically collect these royalties for you. How this works The ' royalty is administered in each country by a local Performing Rights Organisation (PRO), who represent composers and lyricists. This organisation will normally require broadcasters (TV, radio stations for example) and live music venues to pay a license fee, usually an annual 'blanket' license that covers them for all the music they broadcast or all the music performed live in their venues. Fees from all broadcasters and live performance venues form a large fund, a percentage of which is used to pay composer/lyricist royalties. Broadcasters are meant to complete a document called a 'cue sheet' containing specific details about the composer and their work. This document is then passed on to the local Performing Rights Organisation who calculate and distribute the royalty payments accordingly. Live music venues complete a similar document. To clarify, it is the broadcaster or live venue owner that pay performance royalties to our artists, not the Songbay license purchasers. All royalties go to the composer or lyricist, Songbay takes no percentage of these.