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# Split Sheets: How To Collect Your Music Publishing Royalties
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/split-sheets-collect-your-music-publishing-royalties/
- Published: 2017-05-10T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2017-05-10T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: A quick, easy, and helpful guide this article covers how everyone involved in the creative process of putting together music can ensure they get their fair share of the music. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/05/split-sheets-collect-your-music-publishing-royalties.html]
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- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Songwriting & Music Publishing, Appl, eMusic, Google, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![(1)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb09999f36970d-200wi "(1)")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb09999f36970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)A quick, easy, and helpful guide this article covers how everyone involved in the creative process of putting together music can ensure they get their fair share of the music publishing rights to which they are entitled

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*Guest post by *Jason Cerf* of [Songtrust](http://blog.songtrust.com/author/jasoncerf/?ref=hypebot.com)*Musicians, producers, artists, songwriters, composers, and everyone in between have the opportunity to own publishing rights to their songs and collect royalties. Here is a quick and easy way to make sure that you get your share of the music publishing rights to the music you help create:

**[Split Sheet Template](http://hubs.ly/H07q7hG0?ref=hypebot.com)**

A split sheet establishes in writing who owns what percentage of the composition, or the publishing rights. (The ownership of the *recording* is a different matter.) Publishing splits can be negotiated as a cowriter, producer, band member, etc. Click the link above to see what a split sheet looks like. You can even download this template and use it for yourself. Note that if you are the only writer, you automatically own 100% of the copyright.Deciding on who gets what percentage of a song is completely negotiated between writers. Sometimes co-writers will splits works evenly regardless of who wrote which part(s) of the song. Other times they’ll assign percentages based on each individual’s contribution to the final product. Either way, it’s best to decide on splits and get them in writing as soon as you’ve finished a song, as negotiations may get messy the longer you wait.As a song is released and used around the world you, the owner of your copyright(s), are due publishing royalties. Having a percentage of publishing ownership can be a great source of recurring revenue.Note that if you include a sample of someone else’s composition in your work, it is expected that you clear those samples with those who own that recording and/or composition. You can offer that person or organization a percentage of the publishing, negotiate a fee, or simply acquire permission to use that sample.Once you’ve decided on songsplits and you plan on releasing your music, go ahead and register your publishing splits with a publishing administrator like [Songtrust](https://www.songtrust.com/?ref=hypebot.com) to get set up to collect music publishing royalties.

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