We become the publisher (admin only, you keep your rights): we register every song, fix the splits and claim what is owed, back to the oldest period still open. No upfront fee — a commission on what comes back.
The song (what you wrote) and the recording (what you recorded) are paid separately, by different organisations. Streams are only one source — radio, TV, live and public places matter as much or more for songwriters.
Publishing · the song
Songwriting money
Paid to writers and publishers by authors' societies (SIAE, SACEM, GEMA, PRS…), your publisher, and The MLC in the US.
Streaminga small slice of every stream (mechanical + performance)estimated below
Radio & TVoften the biggest item for songwriterspublic radio plays below
Live showsa share of ticket sales, if the setlist is reportedin the Live tab
Shops, bars, gyms, venuesbackground music licencesnot estimated yet
Syncads, films, series, games — by contractnot estimated yet
Downloads & CDsmechanical royalties on salesfrom your own files
Abroadcollected by local societies, passed back to yoursfrom your own files
Recording · the master
Recording money
Paid to the artist and label by the distributor, and by performers' and producers' societies (NUOVOIMAIE, PPL, GVL…).
Streaming & salesthe bulk of stream money — paid by your distributor, not a society
Unclaimed money lists
6 entries are very likely yours
Some societies publish the songs and recordings they collected money for but could not pay — and the artists they cannot reach — so rightsholders can come forward.We checked 933,311 entries from STIM (Sweden), OSA (Czechia), SOZA (SK), MESAM (Türkiye), GEMA (Germany), GVL (Germany), Gramex (Finland), SAYCO (CO).
Likely yours
6
same ISRC, your name with one of your titles, or with a real co-writer of yours
To check
0
same full name on a list from a country you're linked to — may be someone else
DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHTVery likely yours
Gramex (Finland) — Other uses in Finland (TV, streaming services, venues) that Gramex could not match · ref 1727240
Matched: performer THE JAM with one of your titles
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHTVery likely yours
Gramex (Finland) — Other uses in Finland (TV, streaming services, venues) that Gramex could not match · ref 2166567
Matched: performer THE JAM with one of your titles
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
TOWN CALLED MALICEVery likely yours
Gramex (Finland) — Radio plays in Finland that Gramex could not match to a registered recording · ref 2160130
Two lines from the map above: the songwriting slice of your streams, and an estimate of neighbouring rights for the recordings you play on. The recording money your distributor pays for streams is not here — it is already in your distributor statements.
iHow this is calculated
Calculated automatically from 2,306,207 listens on ListenBrainz, an open listening panel that is much stronger in the UK and US than in most other countries — so elsewhere it is often an underestimate.
Plays are scaled to all services, then multiplied by a per-play rate and by your share of the songwriting.
Make it precise with your own numbers— optional, stays in your browser
Expected · public estimate · every 6 months€6,500 – €60,000
Songwriting · from streams
€6,000 – €55,000
Recording · neighbouring rights
€200 – €3,000
On the radio
27 radio plays found across 12 songs in 1 country
Each of these should earn on both sides: the song (authors' society) and the recording (performers' and producers' societies).
That’s EntertainmentKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 28 Aug 20268 plays
Town Called MaliceKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 20 Aug 20266 plays
MondayKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 26 May 20262 plays
Pretty GreenKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 29 Dec 20252 plays
The Eton RiflesKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 18 Dec 20252 plays
Absolute BeginnersKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 18 Dec 20251 play
Art SchoolKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 13 Aug 20261 play
But I’m Different NowKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 15 Mar 20261 play
Down in the Tube Station at MidnightKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 18 Dec 20251 play
Heat WaveKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 24 Aug 20261 play
Private HellKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 17 Dec 20251 play
To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 13 Dec 20251 play
iWhat we searched: 16 public stations
Playlists published by public broadcasters, loaded every night (back to 5 Oct 2025): triple j Unearthed (Australia), BBC Radio 2 (United Kingdom), ABC Jazz (Australia), ABC Classic (Australia), BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom), triple j (Australia), Sveriges Radio P3 Din gata (Sweden), Double J (Australia), Sveriges Radio P1 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P2 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 (Sweden), BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 1Xtra (United Kingdom), Sveriges Radio P4 Stockholm (Sweden), KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle (United States), BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom).
Commercial radio, TV and most countries don't publish playlists, so a song missing here can still be played elsewhere. These plays are what authors' and performers' societies pay on — compare them with your statements.
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Drop it in and the figures come from your real streams, country by country — it never leaves your browser.
The Eton Rifles · Down in the Tube Station at Midnight · Pretty Green · Mr. Clean · Thick as Thieves · To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time) · Boy About Town · It’s Too Bad · Man in the Corner Shop · Private Hell · Saturday’s Kids · But I’m Different Now · Monday · In the Crowd · The Place I Love · Set the House Ablaze · Fly · Burning Sky · Dream Time · Girl on the Phone · +6 more
Matched: performer JAM, THE with one of your titles
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
TOWN CALLED MALICEVery likely yours
Gramex (Finland) — Radio plays in Finland that Gramex could not match to a registered recording · ref 2120998
Matched: performer THE JAM with one of your titles
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
TOWN CALLED MALICEVery likely yours
Gramex (Finland) — Other uses in Finland (TV, streaming services, venues) that Gramex could not match · ref 1640880
Matched: performer JAM, THE with one of your titles
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
TOWN CALLED MALICEVery likely yours
Gramex (Finland) — Other uses in Finland (TV, streaming services, venues) that Gramex could not match · ref 2194991
Matched: performer JAM with one of your titles
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
Live shows
What your concerts should pay you
Estimated · 34 of 52 shows found on setlist.fm since 1982€19,904 – €374kfor you, if every setlist was reported
iHow this is estimated
Assumed 1,000–8,000 paid tickets per show (from how much your music is listened to) at a typical local price (e.g. €15–40), × each society's published concert tariff, × the share of the set that is your own songs, × your share of the writing (95%).
By currency: £12,483 – £233k · JP¥452k – JP¥7m · CA$1,660 – CA$31,874 · €1,094 – €29,185 · SEK 6,056 – SEK 109k. Added up in euros at the European Central Bank reference rates of 2026-10-02.
Put your real ticket numbers on the shows page for a precise figure. Countries without a published tariff (e.g. the US) aren't counted.
