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HELP CENTER
Account Registration
Songtrust Basics
Why Songtrust
Term and Agreement
Eligibility
Additional Questions
Account Registration
Account Setup
Account Settings
Adding Songwriters
Song Registration Process
Troubleshooting
Identity Verification
Collecting Royalties
Songtrust Royalties Dashboard
Royalty Types & Sources
Royalties: General Questions
Payments
Payment Timeline
Tax Information
Payment Information
Collection Partners/Pay Sources
Performance Rights Organizations & Collective Management Organizations (PROs/CMOs)
Mechanical Royalties Partners
YouTube
Music Industry 101
General Publishing Terms
General Publishing Questions
Copyright
Recordings/Record Labels/Recording Contracts
Licensing & Sync
Publishing Partners & Other Organizations
Ayuda En Español
FAQs General
Preguntas frecuentes
FAQs
General FAQs
Account Registration
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Account Setup
Do I Need to Add My Name as a Songwriter After I Open a Songtrust Account?
How Long Does it Take for a PRO Application to Process?
What If I'm Not Affiliated With a Performing Rights Organization (PRO)?
Songtrust Account Setup Demo
YouTube Tool Demo
Do I Have to Upload My Past Publishing Statements?
How Do I Know Whether to Submit Tax Forms as a Business or Individual?
Can My Band Join Songtrust?
Why Does Songtrust Need My W-9 Information?
How Can I Make the Most out of Songtrust's YouTube Tool?
What Happens When I Claim A Video in My YouTube Tool?
Why Do I Have to Choose U.S. Representation If I Am Affiliated With a Foreign PRO?
Why Would I Register My YouTube Channel With Songtrust?
Can I Merge Songtrust Accounts?
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Account Settings
I'm Having Trouble Resetting my Password
What is Songtrust's 'Access' feature?
I Reset My Password, but Didn't Receive an Email
Does SESAC Collect Mechanical Royalties?
How Do I Use Songtrust’s “Access” Feature?
How Do I Update My Mailing Address?
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Adding Songwriters
Can You Affiliate Writers and Publishers?
Can I Access the Performing Rights Organization (PRO) Application Through My Account on the Songtrust Site?
Adding a Songwriter Demo
Where Can I Put My Artist Name?
What is an IPI Number?
Who is Considered an Outside Writer When Adding Songs to My Songtrust Account?
Should I Include My Publishing Company When Adding Myself as a Writer?
What is the Difference Between an IPI Number and a CAE Number?
What If I Have Multiple Artist Names and One Writer?
Do I Need to Add Stage Names or Aliases to My Songtrust Account?
What If I Already Registered with a Performing Rights Organization (PRO) Under Another Name?
Are Producers Considered Songwriters?
How Many Songwriters Can I List on My Song?
What Happens if I Have Two Publishing Entities?
Under Which Name Should I Register My Works?
Can I Be Represented by a Publisher That is Not Affiliated With the Same Performing Rights Organization (PRO) as Myself? (United States PROs)
Can I apply to become a member of a PRO through Songtrust?
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Song Registration Process
Are there any types of compositions Songtrust will not administer?
What Are Common Mistakes Creators Make When Registering Music?
Which of My Songs Can I Register With Songtrust?
Can I Register a Cover Song with Songtrust?
Can I Register a Song With Samples?
Adding A Song Demo
If I No Longer Control My Publisher Share, Can I Still Submit That Song to Songtrust?
How Do I Register My Songs If I’ve Belonged to More Than One PRO?
Can I Register Songs With Co-Writers Who Are Not Songtrust Clients?
How Many Songs Can I Register With Songtrust?
Can I Register Any Remixes or Alternate Mixes of My Songs?
Why Is Songtrust Listed as Controlling All of My Publishing?
How Do I Upload Recordings In My Account?
Why Do You Ask About Ownership for a Song’s Music and Lyrics?
How do I find my ISRCs if my music isn’t on Spotify?
Do I Have to do Anything With My Performing Rights Organization (PRO) Anymore?
Can I Register an Arrangement of a Public Domain Song?
Do I Need Separate ISRCs For Video and Sound Recordings?
Can I Register a Spoken Word Piece?
Can I Switch My Performing Rights Organization (PRO) Affiliation?
Can I Register a Musical Parody?
How Do I Register a Song Where I Control All of the Publishing But I Am Not the Only Writer?
Should I Add a Song to My Account If My Co-Writer Already Registered It?
Can Songtrust Register a Song Without an ISRC?
How Do I Register a Song If I Am In a Co-Publishing Deal?
Where Do I Add Publisher and Writer Splits?
How Can I Add ISRC Information To My Catalog?
How Do I Decide on Splits?
Should I Register Songs Directly At My Performing Rights Organization (PRO) As Well As With Songtrust?
Do You Need a Universal Product Code (UPC) for My Songs?
How Can I Add My ISRC If a Song is Not on Spotify?
Can I Register Instrumental Versions of My Songs?
How Do I Register a Song That Uses My Beat With Songtrust?
How Is Registering a Song With Songtrust Different From BMI?
When Should I Submit Alternate Spellings to Collection Societies?
Everything You Need to Know About ISRCs
Everything You Need to Know About ISWCs
Do You Need Release Information If I Put Out My Own Record?
If I Perform My Own Songs, Do I Need to Add Release Information?
If Someone Covers My Song, Do I Need to Create a Separate Registration?
I Made an Arrangement of a Classical Work that is in the Public Domain. Should I Register it as Classical?
Do I Need to Make Separate Registrations if There Are Multiple Recordings of My Song?
Why do you Need Recording Information?
I Scored A Film With Orchestral Music. How Should I Register It?
If the Ownership of a Song Changes, Would I Need to have a new ISRC Assigned?
How can I add Additional Recordings to a Song that is Already in My Songtrust Account?
A Song I Co-Wrote is in My PRO Account, but I am not Listed as a Co-writer. How can I get added and begin Collecting Royalties ?
Can I Assign ISRCs for Recordings Owned by Others?
What if I Wrote the Song with Other People who do not have Songtrust?
Do I Register Arrangements as "Classical"?
How do I register an album or EP in my Songtrust account?
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Troubleshooting
Why am I seeing the error "Something went wrong with this writer’s LOD Application"?
How Do I Delete a Songwriter From My Account?
What If I Need To Edit My Songs After Submitting Them to Songtrust?
How Do I Edit Song Information After I’ve Added a Song?
What if I Am Having Trouble Adding My Songwriter?
How Can I Delete a Song from My Account?
Why won't You Accept the ISWC Information I Am Trying to add to My Song?
Why Won't you Accept the ISRC I am Trying to add to my Song?
What if I Encountered An Error Message Signing Up?
Why Are There Duplicate Registrations Showing Up At My Performing Rights Society (PRO) & What Can I Do About It?
How Do I Transfer My Registrations From Another Publisher To Songtrust?
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Identity Verification
Is My Information Safe?
What If I Don’t Complete the Identity Verification Process?
What Information Do I Need to Complete The Identity Verification Process?
Why Do I Need to Go Through an Identity Verification Process?
What is Identity Verification?
What Should I Do If I’m Having Trouble Verifying My Identity?
How Long Will the Verification Process Take?
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