Hits Sheet Music
Understanding Cue Sheets
If the mere mention of cue-sheets, synchronization royalties, and
performance royalties cause you to curl up in the fetal position and
break into a cold sweat, you’re not alone. A basic understanding of
these music licensing terms should help you breathe easy and let you
focus on what’s really important, producing great work.
Synchronization Royalty: A licensing fee paid to the owner of a
piece of music for the right to synchronize the music with your audio
and/or visual works. Many music libraries will charge this fee each and
every time you synchronize a song in your work. On the contrary, Studio Cutz Music Library
offers a Lifetime Synchronization License, also known as a royalty free
license or a buyout license. This means that we charge a one-time fee,
and allow you to synchronize the music as frequently as you like.
Performance Royalty: Royalties paid by a broadcaster on an annual
basis to a performing rights organization such as Ascap, Bmi, or Sesac.
It is important to note that 99% of all broadcasters pay a fixed amount
each year for performance royalties. The same broadcasting fee applies
whether the music was a buyout, standard license, a popular hit song,
or a relatively unknown piece of production music. As a general rule,
unless you are the actual broadcaster (ie; television station, cable
network, etc.), performance royalties are not something you should ever
have to pay for.
So where do cue-sheets fit into the picture? A cue sheet is merely a
form filled out with the details of all the music used in a particular
program; the composer name, publisher name, how many minutes and
seconds of each track was used, etc. Cue-sheets are required for each
program that is broadcast. If your work is not being broadcast, no
cue-sheets are required.
The purpose of a cue-sheet is so that the composer and publisher can
properly collect their performance royalties from that fixed amount the
broadcaster has already paid to Ascap and Bmi. No money is saved by not
filling in a cue-sheet, and no extra money is paid by anyone as a
result of properly filling in a cue-sheet. It is simply a means to make
sure that the money already paid by the broadcaster is properly
dispersed to the deserving writers and composers.
People often ask how a music library is able to create high quality
music and license it at such low prices. Much of the answer lies in
cue-sheets. If a cue-sheet is properly filled out, our composers get
their fair share of the broadcast royalty pie and we can keep our
licensing fees low. If cue sheets are not properly turned in, the money
goes into a “surplus” account, which eventually gets distributed out to
the most played artists like Britney Spears and Garth Brooks.
So the next time you work on a production for broadcast, don’t buy
Garth a new belt buckle…. Take a moment to fill out a simple cue-sheet.
You’ll be helping a composer collect a buck or two that are rightfully
his, and you’ll help keep the cost of production music affordable!
About the Author
Scott Meath is a co-founder of Mediatone Music and publisher of Studio Cutz Music Library and Blue Fuse Music.
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