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Can I be a writer with BMI and ASCAP?

Youre actually not allowed to register the same song with both PROs, but it is possible to have different songs registered with both PROs. This can happen if, for example, youre a BMI artist and you write a song with an ASCAP artist who then registers the song with ASCAP.

How do I license a song from ASCAP?

If you plan to hire your own musicians and singers and create an original recording of a copyrighted song, then you need the permission of only the music publisher. ASCAP does not license recording rights. Recording rights for most publishers are represented by the Harry Fox Agency: Harry Fox Agency, Inc.

How do you become a ASCAP songwriter?

Am I eligible to join ASCAP? You can join ASCAP as a writer if youve written or co-written music or lyrics for at least one musical work that is available to the public.

Can you release a song without a publisher?

Self-publishing means that youre not only registered as a writer but also set up a body to serve as your publisher. When self-publishing your music, you hold all the rights, IP, publishers credit, and songwriters credit. You get all the royalties and full control of the compositional copyright.

What happens if you have no publisher on ASCAP?

To add on to Shanas excellent comments, ASCAP (and BMI) do allow songwriters to join even if they do not have a publisher. A songwriter can self-publish in which case they collect both the songwriter and publishing portions of performance royalties.

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