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Collect your publishing royalties worldwide, without giving up ownership.

The Songtrust Difference for Independent Musicians

Songtrust provides songwriters, artists, and rights holders with world class music publishing administration while ensuring you retain 100% of your copyright. When your songs start generating royalties, we handle the complexities of global song registration and royalty collection to capture your mechanical and performance income from all sources. We handle the heavy lifting so you can stay focused on what you do best: creating music.

The Songtrust Difference for Independent Musicians

Songtrust provides songwriters, artists, and rights holders with world class music publishing administration while ensuring you retain 100% of your copyright. When your songs start generating royalties, we handle the complexities of global song registration and royalty collection to capture your mechanical and performance income from all sources. We handle the heavy lifting so you can stay focused on what you do best: creating music.
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Why Your Local PRO or CMO is Only the First Step

While affiliating with a local Performing Rights Organization (PRO) or Collective Management Organization (CMO) is a vital step, it isn't enough to capture your full global earnings. Most domestic societies rely on reciprocal agreements to collect international royalties, which can lead to significant data-matching issues, long delays, and lost income. Songtrust bridges this gap by directly registering your work with 65 societies worldwide and 77 direct licenses with digital services and collection agencies. This ensures you collect all mechanical royalties and performance royalties that go unallocated when relying solely on a home society's limited reach.

Why Your Local PRO or CMO is Only the First Step

While affiliating with a local Performing Rights Organization (PRO) or Collective Management Organization (CMO) is a vital step, it isn't enough to capture your full global earnings. Most domestic societies rely on reciprocal agreements to collect international royalties, which can lead to significant data-matching issues, long delays, and lost income. Songtrust bridges this gap by directly registering your work with 65 societies worldwide and 77 direct licenses with digital services and collection agencies. This ensures you collect all mechanical royalties and performance royalties that go unallocated when relying solely on a home society's limited reach.
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How Songtrust Collects Your Global Royalties

We facilitate seamless royalty collection through an industry-leading network of more than 65 collection societies and pay sources spanning 240 countries and territories. Our dedicated team enriches your song metadata to ensure accurate registration across the global music ecosystem, a process that is vital for minimizing administrative delays and preventing lost income. Songtrust's direct-to-partner approach streamlines the journey of your royalties from the source to your pocket, ensuring you receive your earned revenue from every corner of the globe.

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Adding a Song to Songtrust

Songtrust's Simple, Centralized Music Publishing Platform

Our easy-to-use platform serves as a centralized hub for managing your music publishing, allowing you to add songs and writers to your account with ease. We monitor your catalog for earnings and YouTube Content ID claims, automating the registration process and collecting royalties to be paid out each quarter. This streamlined workflow is paired with a user-friendly dashboard and detailed reporting, providing you with total transparency into your publishing earnings so you can stay informed about the financial health of your catalog.

Songtrust's Simple, Centralized Music Publishing Platform

Adding a Song to Songtrust
Our easy-to-use platform serves as a centralized hub for managing your music publishing, allowing you to add songs and writers to your account with ease. We monitor your catalog for earnings and YouTube Content ID claims, automating the registration process and collecting royalties to be paid out each quarter. This streamlined workflow is paired with a user-friendly dashboard and detailed reporting, providing you with total transparency into your publishing earnings so you can stay informed about the financial health of your catalog.
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Own Your Music. Down Your Career.

Keep 100% Ownership of Your Music

Traditional publishers often take your rights, but Songtrust ensures you keep 100% ownership and creative control. We set ourselves apart from other administrators with the world’s largest direct global collection network and transparency. This approach preserves the long term value of your catalog while maximizing your royalty reach without the typical industry hurdles. You stay the boss of your business, we make sure the money finds its way home.

Keep 100% Ownership of Your Music

Own Your Music. Down Your Career.
Traditional publishers often take your rights, but Songtrust ensures you keep 100% ownership and creative control. We set ourselves apart from other administrators with the world’s largest direct global collection network and transparency. This approach preserves the long term value of your catalog while maximizing your royalty reach without the typical industry hurdles. You stay the boss of your business, we make sure the money finds its way home.
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Why Musicians Around the World Trust Us

Whether you're an emerging songwriter looking to organize your catalog, or an established artist looking to streamline your publishing business, Songtrust provides value at each step of the way. But, don't just take our word for it -- see what musicians like yourself are saying.
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Jeremy "Backpack" Miller

Jeremy "Backpack" Miller

Award-Winning Multi-Platinum Music Producer

"I am able to live off just my royalties alone now! I was collecting money prior to my Songtrust situation, but it was only income from my PRO and a few YouTube videos. My international royalties have increased and I collect from all sources now, not just YouTube...I would not be able to produce music and run my own publishing company without Songtrust's help." 

Boyish

Boyish

Indie Rock Duo

"There are few things in life that confuse me quite like trying to track down your royalties. It has been so important to have Songtrust help us because otherwise we would spend so much of our time and energy on administrative stuff and not on focusing on the music."

Austin Farwell

Austin Farwell

Film and Piano Music Composer

"Songtrust helped me see where my music was performing best—by country, platform, or audience type. With that data, I could double down on what was working, much like you would in any business."

Phildel

Phildel

Singer, Pianist and Songwriter

"I’ve been blown away by the sheer volume of uncollected royalties that Songtrust has managed to uncover, which ran into the tens of thousands. At this moment in time, with financial resources becoming more and more scarce in the music industry, artists really must ensure they’re having their royalties collected properly."