Archive | August 2017

Royalty Claim Pre-launch Is Just 7 Days Away!

Unclaimed Royalties Database

The Royalty Claim researchers and data scientists (aka “nerds”) are racing against the clock to finalize the processing of several million remaining records of unclaimed royalties and music licenses so that you and thousands of music creators and rights-holders like you can search and find potential entitlements.

Plainly, we’re trying to get you paid!

With an estimated over $2.5bn in unclaimed royalties sitting on the YUGE greater music industry table, there is no better time to shine a light on the inefficient royalty payment ecosystem than now. Royalty Claim’s Unclaimed Royalties database currently has tens of thousands of payees (individuals and entities) to which royalties are due (from Pandora, SiruisXM, Music Choice, iHeartRadio, and over 2,000 other webcasters, digital radio platforms, and foreign companies). If you’ve ever had music on digital (Internet, satellite, cable, retail music transmission), you may have royalties waiting for you.

We are happy to announce that, with the assistance of our cousin company TuneRegistry, rights administrators such as Harry Fox Agency(represents Spotify, Apple, Napster f/k/a Rhapsody, The Orchard and 7Digital), Music Reports Inc. (represents Amazon, Microsoft and iHeart Media), and Loudr (represents CD Baby and Distrokid) have come on-board to cooperate with our Section 115 NOI claiming process and help match over 40 million outstanding NOIs with copyright owners. (In simple terms, when a copyright owner finds a Notice of Intention in Royalty Claim and completes the claim process, they may unlock back royalties owed to the copyright owner by digital music services and open the flow of future royalties.)

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Royalty Claim will pre-launch on August 10th. This is for anyone who pre-registered at www.royaltyclaim.com/comingsoon.

Those who’ve pre-registered will be able to secure a Life-time Standard Subscription to Royalty Claim for only $150 (in comparison, a monthly Standard subscription is $15 per month or $180 per year). You will receive an email the morning of August 10th with instructions on how to obtain this limited offer.

Royalty Claim’s official launch will be on September 1st. At that point, anyone can join for FREE or choose any of the premium plans on http://www.royaltyclaim.com.

Please spread the world. Our official hashtag is #UnlockMyRoyalties

Tweet and Post: So excited for the launch of @RoyaltyClaim and access to over 40 MILLION records of unclaimed music royalties & licenses. #UnlockMyRoyalties

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Upcoming Event in Los Angeles

Royalty Claim’s Founder & Chief Researcher, Dae Bogan, will be presenting our The State of Unclaimed Royalties & Music Licenses report on Friday, August 11th at the Music Industry Research Association’s MIRA Conference at the University of California, Los Angeles. Details at www.themira.org

August 3, 2017

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How To Auction Off Your Future Royalties When You’re A Back-up Singer Or Session Music

Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash

It is very important for background vocalists (and artists who provide background vocals on the side) to understand that they earn money BEYOND the studio session in which they performed. Billboard published an article on how a back-up singer on Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” featuring Charlie Puth put up 100% of his U.S. digital performer royalties for auction on Royalty Exchange with bids starting at $30,000. These royalties are collected by SoundExchange and administered by AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund.

This is a great example of how a background vocalist can leverage his/her equity in a hit song to get paid big bucks, today! This also applies to session musicians.

#MusicBusinessMonday: Session Musicians

Royalty Claim has thousands of records of unclaimed royalties due to non-featured performers (session musicians, background vocalists, etc.) from recordings performed on digital radio (e.g. Pandora, Music Choice, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, and more). Royalty Claim also provides data on ‘address unknown’ NOIs filed under the Section 115 compulsory mechanical license for services such as Amazon, Spotify, Apple, Google, and many others.

Read more about the auctioning your future royalties in the Billboard story here.

Learn more about Royalty Claim at http://www.royaltyclaim.com. Royalty Claim will pre-launch on August 10th. This is for anyone who pre-registered at www.royaltyclaim.com/comingsoon. Those who’ve pre-registered will be able to secure a life-time subscription to Royalty Claim for only $150. Royalty Claim official launch will be September 1st. At that point, anyone can join for free or choose any of the premium plans.

August 1, 2017

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Mid-Summer Review

Happy August! This has been one of the busiest and most productive summers 🌞 that I’ve had in Los Angeles in recent years. Here’s a mid-Summer review:

The summer began with a downer that turned out to be a good thing. My “Music Industry Entrepreneurship” summer class at UCLA was cancelled, but ultimately that cancellation freed up more of my time for the things that followed.

In June, I began work on the Royalty Claim website and database platform. Royalty Claim is a product of my ongoing research into the global music licensing and royalty flow ecosystem, specifically my research into its inefficiencies and the legal loopholes that lead to billions of dollars in unpaid royalties owed to music creators and rightsholders. The Royalty Claim Initiative will aid in creating transparency in the global music licensing ecosystem by offering a free online searchable database of unclaimed royalties and music licenses. I recently joined the Music Industry Research Association and will be presenting a state of music licensing report at its first inaugural MIRA Conference at UCLA on August 10th. This will also serve as the launch of Royalty Claim.

At the end of June I hopped over to Puerto Vallarata, Mexico where I spent a week with a group of friends. It was so fun and I got to check off a bucket list item: ziplining in the wilderness. Good times!

During my trip to PV, the deal that I had been working on for several months had officially closed. That is, my in-store music video network business that I founded in 2012 had been acquired by Empire Distribution. It was great timing. The acquisition frees me up to focus and invest more on my company TuneRegistry and my new project Royalty Claim.

Also in July, I produced in San Francisco the first of a series of summer events for my client Shiekh. It was an event for the launch of the Puma x Kylie Jenner “Velvet Rope” sneaker collection. My #EventsByDae team kicked butt and we had a successful event for client and guests.