23. Do I need to join ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, or a similar organization in order to collect royalties?
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This article is from the Songwriting FAQ, by Greg Skinner gds@best.com.
23. Do I need to join ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, or a similar organization in order to collect royalties?
You need to join one of these organizations to collect royalties from
users of your music, if you're not equipped to seek out these
individuals and collect money from them yourself. However, you must join
the organization appropriate to the use of the music in question.
Information on several performing rights organizations is available
via the WWW:
ASCAP -- http://www.visualradio.com/ascap/as0.htm
BMI -- http://bmi.com
SESAC -- http://online.music-city.com/SESAC.HTML
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) has offices
in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and London.
New York -- One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, USA
phone +1 212-621-6000, fax +1 212-724-9064
Los Angeles -- 7920 Sunset Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA
phone +1 213-883-1000, fax +1 213-883-1049
Nashville -- Two Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
phone +1 615-742-5000, fax +1 615-742-5020
Chicago -- PO Box 11171, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
phone +1 312-481-1194, fax +1 312-481-1195
Puerto Rico -- 1519 Ponce de Leon Ave, Suite 505, Santurce, PR 00909, USA
phone +1 809-725-1688, fax +1 809-721-1190
London -- 52 Haymarket, Suites 10 & 11, London, SW1Y 4RP, England
phone +44 171-973-0069, fax +44 171-973-0068
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc) has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville,
and London.
New York -- 320 West 57th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
phone +1 212-586-2000, fax +1 212-245-8986
Los Angeles -- 8730 Sunset Blvd, Third Floor West, Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA
phone +1 310-659-9109, fax +1 310-657-6947
Nashville -- 10 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
phone +1 615-291-6700, fax +1 615-291-6707
London -- 79 Harley House, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HN, England
phone +44 171-935-8517, fax +44 171-487-5091
SESAC, Inc. has offices in Nashville and New York.
Nashville -- 55 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203
phone +1 615-320-0055, fax +1 615-329-9627
phone +1 800-826-9996 (may not be available outside of the US
and Canada)
New York -- 421 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019-4405, USA
phone +1 212-586-3450, fax +1 212-489-5699
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