publishing


Red Skin Records Ltd. has its own publishing division that handles the administration and registering of copyrights for songs and the issuing of licenses for the use of a song or songs, we administer and collect royalties and distribution the monies to our songwriters.

Once a songwriter assigns the rights of their songs to us the publisher, we will split all the money we collect from the songs on a 50/50 split which is the industry standard arrangement for this service.

Public performance royalties are paid to songwriters or their publishing company for use of their songs by radio stations, restaurants, bars, TV/cable networks, retailers, online services or any other establishment that plays or streams licensed music heard by the general public. These royalties are collected by the major performing rights organisations, American Society Of Composers And Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) and Performing Rights Society (PRS).  and distributed to the songwriter’s publishing company.

Most music users obtain a blanket license from the performing rights organisations versus licensing individual tracks. The performing rights organisations play an important role for both artists and those wanting to license music by acting as a central clearinghouse for licensing and collecting royalties since it would be virtually impossible for those wanting to use the music to arrange licensing deals with each individual artist or publisher.

Licensing fees from the performing rights organisations range from hundreds of pounds or dollars per year for a small club to millions of pounds or dollars for a TV network. Public performance royalties are calculated using several variables and are paid to the songwriter or their publishing company. Record companies and recording artists do not receive royalties from public performances.

Synchronisation Licenses are required for a song to be used or “synchronised” with a movie, TV show, commercial or video. Fees for synchronisation licenses range widely and are usually negotiated between the producer of the movie or TV show and the music publisher. Songwriters or their publishing company often receive synchronisation royalties from their performing rights organisation.