How to Register Your Songs for Maximum Publishing Revenue

If you’re a songwriter, music producer, or composer, understanding how to properly register your music is crucial to maximizing your publishing revenue. Many artists unknowingly leave money on the table by failing to register their songs correctly, leading to unclaimed royalties that never make it into their pockets.

In this guide, we’ll break down the step-by-step process of registering your songs for maximum publishing revenue.

Why Song Registration Matters

Each time your music is streamed, sold, performed live, played on the radio, or used in a film or TV show, it generates royalties. However, if your songs aren’t properly registered, those royalties go uncollected.

To ensure you receive all your earnings, you must register your music with dozens of pay sources or have a publishing administrator that tracks and collects revenue worldwide.

Types of Publishing Royalties You Need to Collect

To maximize your revenue, you must collect royalties from multiple sources. Here are the key types:

1. Performance Royalties

These are paid whenever your song is played publicly, including:

• Streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal)

• Radio (terrestrial, satellite, and internet radio)

• TV broadcasts

• Live performances (concerts, clubs, etc.)

Who collects them?

• Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) like ASCAP, BMI, SESAC (U.S.), SOCAN (Canada), PRS (UK), etc.

2. Mechanical Royalties

Generated when your music is physically or digitally reproduced, including:

• CD sales, vinyl, and downloads (iTunes, Amazon Music)

• Streams on platforms like Spotify & Apple Music

  To fully collect your global mechanical royalties, you need to register with numerous mechanical societies. This process can be quite time-consuming and difficult to manage the accounting.

3. Sync Royalties

Earned when your music is used in:

• TV shows & films

• Commercials & video games

4. YouTube & UGC Royalties

Whenever someone uses your music in a video, you’re entitled to publishing revenue. Whether your song is used in a YouTube short, Instagram Reel, TikTok, or a vlog - you are entitled to royalties.

How to Register Your Songs Properly

Step 1: Join a Performing Rights Organization (PRO)

To collect performance royalties, you must be affiliated with a PRO.

Step 2: Register Your Songs with a Publishing Administrator

A publishing administrator collects both mechanical and performance royalties worldwide. Without one, you’ll miss revenue from foreign countries and digital platforms.

✅ Elizabeth Music Group (EMG) is the best choice for publishing administration.

Why?

• Global collection in all territories

• Direct partnerships with PROs, mechanical agencies & YouTube

• Sync licensing expertise

• Transparent payouts – No hidden fees

  • Elizabeth Music Group offer a global publishing administration agreement that allows signed musicians to maintain 100% ownership in their music. EMG simply retains a 15% commission of the publishing royalties they collect for you, which is used to cover the expenses related to collecting your royalties.

Why Registering with Elizabeth Music Group is the Best Choice

While you could manually register your songs across multiple platforms, the process is time-consuming, complex, and still leaves gaps where money goes unclaimed.

Elizabeth Music Group simplifies the process, ensuring you never miss a single royalty payment.

What EMG Does for You:

✅ Registers Your Music Worldwide – Your songs are properly registered across PROs, mechanical rights societies, and sync licensing platforms worldwide.

✅ Collects Performance & Mechanical Royalties – Unlike PROs, which only collect performance royalties, EMG collects mechanical royalties as well.

✅ Monetizes YouTube & User Generated Content Royalties – EMG ensures every YouTube play, TikTok use, and Instagram Reel featuring your song earns you money.

✅ Maximizes Sync Licensing Revenue – EMG pitches your music in TV, film, and commercials and ensures backend royalties are collected.

✅ Provides Transparent & Fair Payouts – No hidden fees, no confusion—just direct, monthly payments.

How to Register with Elizabeth Music Group

Step 1: Visit Elizabeth Music Group and reach out with details about your songs.
Step 2: Sign with Elizabeth Music Group and let us know which songs you would like to be registered.
Step 3: EMG registers your songs globally and start collecting your publishing royalties worldwide.

• At Elizabeth Music Group, you’ll have your own unique log in to access your personalized royalty portal. Here you will be able to access your financial statements and see all the analytics about your song catalog.

Final Thoughts

If you’re serious about making money from your music, proper song registration is essential. The reality is that many songwriters and producers fail to collect all of their royalties, leaving money unclaimed.

By partnering with Elizabeth Music Group, you ensure that every penny of your publishing revenue is properly tracked, collected, and paid out to you.

✅ Don’t leave money on the table—register your songs with EMG today and start collecting everything you’re owed!