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.
Check with your own society whether the song is registered as a work, with every writer and their split.
If it is not, register it (title, writers, splits, IPI numbers) or ask your publisher or administrator to do it.
Ask for the ISWC once it is assigned and add it to your distributor's metadata.
In countries where you have no sub-publisher, check the work reached the local society; if not, ask your society to send it or claim it there.
Where your money comes from
Every song earns on two sides
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
2 entries carry your name
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
0
same ISRC, your name with one of your titles, or with a real co-writer of yours
To check
2
same full name on a list from a country you're linked to — may be someone else
PLANET NO 9Same name — check
STIM (Sweden) — Works STIM collected money for but that nobody registered · ref 36316656
Matched: same name (PETER HUGHES)
How to claim: Register the work with your own society (or STIM if you are a member) and tell STIM it appears on this list. Official list ↗
REFUGESame name — check
STIM (Sweden) — Works STIM collected money for but that nobody registered · ref 36316660
Matched: same name (PETER HUGHES)
How to claim: Register the work with your own society (or STIM if you are a member) and tell STIM it appears on this list. Official list ↗
Ask each society for back-payment of the periods they still allow you to claim.
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 48,333 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€900 – €8,500
Songwriting · from streams
€900 – €8,000
Recording · neighbouring rights
€40 – €500
On the radio
15 radio plays found across 8 songs in 1 country
Each of these should earn on both sides: the song (authors' society) and the recording (performers' and producers' societies).
Cold at NightKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 23 Dec 20254 plays
Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the FedsKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 17 Aug 20263 plays
PeruKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 30 Mar 20262 plays
Rocks in My PocketsKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 20 Nov 20252 plays
Fishing BoatKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 31 Dec 20251 play
Shallow GraveKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 12 Jun 20261 play
Song for Layne StaleyKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 19 Aug 20261 play
Through This FireKEXP 90.3 FM Seattle · last 10 Dec 20251 play
iWhat we searched: 16 public stations
Playlists published by public broadcasters, loaded every night (back to 5 Oct 2025): Sveriges Radio P4 Stockholm (Sweden), BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 1Xtra (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 2 (United Kingdom), KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle (United States), Double J (Australia), BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom), triple j Unearthed (Australia), ABC Jazz (Australia), ABC Classic (Australia), Sveriges Radio P3 Din gata (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P1 (Sweden), triple j (Australia), Sveriges Radio P2 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 (Sweden).
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.
Have your distributor report?
Drop it in and the figures come from your real streams, country by country — it never leaves your browser.
Candlebox · Song for Layne Staley · Days · Going to Fennario · Annie Haslam Imperial Phase · Best Hard Rock Albums 2013 · Crying on Eddie Nash’s Grave · Last Day · Hidden Majesty of Later Venom Albums · Woodstock ’99 · Training Montage · Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome · Mark on You · Clean Slate · Make You Suffer · Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds · Fresh Tattoo · First Blood · Guys on Every Corner · Bones Don’t Rust · +32 more
Candlebox · Song for Layne Staley · Days · Going to Fennario · Annie Haslam Imperial Phase · Best Hard Rock Albums 2013 · Crying on Eddie Nash’s Grave · Last Day · Hidden Majesty of Later Venom Albums · Woodstock ’99 · Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds · Shallow Grave · Song for Ted Sallis · Hospital Reaction Shot · Almost Every Door · Tucson Fog
Live shows
What your concerts should pay you
Estimated · a typical show of yours in United Kingdom£53 – £618for you per show, once the setlist is reported to PRS for Music
iHow this is estimated
Assumed 100–500 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 (88%).
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.
Candlebox · Song for Layne Staley · Days · Going to Fennario · Annie Haslam Imperial Phase · Best Hard Rock Albums 2013 · Crying on Eddie Nash’s Grave · Last Day · Hidden Majesty of Later Venom Albums · Woodstock ’99 · Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds · Shallow Grave · Song for Ted Sallis · Hospital Reaction Shot · Almost Every Door · Tucson Fog
Candlebox · Song for Layne Staley · Days · Going to Fennario · Annie Haslam Imperial Phase · Best Hard Rock Albums 2013 · Crying on Eddie Nash’s Grave · Last Day · Hidden Majesty of Later Venom Albums · Woodstock ’99 · Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds · Shallow Grave · Song for Ted Sallis · Hospital Reaction Shot · Almost Every Door · Tucson Fog
Candlebox · Song for Layne Staley · Days · Going to Fennario · Annie Haslam Imperial Phase · Best Hard Rock Albums 2013 · Crying on Eddie Nash’s Grave · Last Day · Hidden Majesty of Later Venom Albums · Woodstock ’99 · Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds · Shallow Grave · Song for Ted Sallis · Hospital Reaction Shot · Almost Every Door · Tucson Fog
Cold at Night · Armies of the Lord · Dawn of Revelation · Fishing Boat · Peru · Rocks in My Pockets · Your Bandage · Overture · Broken to Begin With · Through This Fire · Your Glow · The Lady From Shanghai 2
