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Originally Posted by 815C
Thanks guys.
Also, just to add to the AGF knowledge base, I talked to ASCAP yesterday and here is the process for publishing arrangements of Public Domain songs.
1. Set up a publishing ID with ASCAP. I did this years ago. There is a one time/lifetime fee (it wasn't much - I think it was around $100).
2. Let's say you are recording your arrangement of OH SUSANNA (written by Stephen Foster, but now Public Domain).
3. You would copyright your arrangement of OH SUSANNA (by sending a recording and/or written score of your arrangement - along with the appropriate paperwork and fee - to the U.S. Copyright Office). See process here
4. Register your song with ASCAP. Just provide the name of the Public Domain song, who wrote it (if known), and let them know you have copyrighted an arrangement of the song.
Probably a similar process if you set up your publishing company with BMI instead of ASCAP |
That's pretty much the ball game. You're good to go.
Another company to register with is SoundExchange
http://www.soundexchange.com/. They will pay you each and every time your songs are played on Sirius-XM radio... which BMI and ASCAP seem to overlook.