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Music creation takes time and practice. BMI represents performance rights while Songwriters, Composers and Music Publishers focus on their craft.
Join as a Songwriter. Join the top songwriters and composers who have chosen BMI to ensure they get paid when their music gets played. To apply, you will need the following: Valid Email Address; Credit or Debit Card; For payment of a one-time affiliation fee.
BMI’s award-winning repertoire includes over 22.4 million musical works created by more than 1.4 million songwriters, composers and music publishers. As the global leader in music rights management, BMI advocates for your rights and licenses your music to more than 650,000 businesses.
Join the more than 1.4 million top songwriters, composers and music publishers who have chosen BMI to ensure they get paid when their music gets played.
With Songview technology integrated into the search tools, ASCAP and BMI are able to seamlessly display detailed, aggregated copyright ownership data for more than 20 million musical works in the combined repertoires, including a breakdown of shares by PRO.
BMI and ASCAP are very similar in how they collect and payout performance royalties, and have similar perks and benefits, but the lack of signup fees and faster payouts can make BMI a slightly smarter choice for songwriters.
Songview is a new comprehensive data platform that provides music users with an authoritative view of public performance copyright ownership and administration shares for the vast majority of music licensed in the United States.
BMI is the largest PRO with 800,000 members and a catalog of 13 million titles. As a non-profit launched by record executives in 1939, it prides itself as an “advocate for the value of music.” Anyone can join—with free membership for writers and membership fees of $150 – $250 for publishers.
Musical copyright is complex and often confusing to the new songwriter. BMI’s Writer/Publisher Relations department is available to help you over the rough spots and answer any questions you may have about your songs, compositions and copyright. For our phone numbers and addresses, click here.
BMI has a two-year contract for writers, and a five-year contract for publishers. So ASCAP has a strong advantage to try it out for a year and see if you like it. With BMI, you are locked-in for multiple years.