Sound Exchange

Attention Labels: New Program Allows You to Match Your U.S. Repertoire Against Our Database

SoundExchange has introduced a new Track Level Claiming program to assist rights owners in matching their U.S. repertoire against the tracks in our database. To participate, please complete the attached form to submit a full list of repertoire for which you control the digital performance rights. We will match your tracks against the existing reports of use in our database, and provide the results to you.

Q1Y12 Webinar for Service Providers

On January 19, 2012, SoundExchange presented a webinar to update music service providers and webcasters on what they need to do by the close of the month and where to find the information that they need. Members from SoundExchange’s Legal team also answered FAQs for the service provider community during this webinar.

SoundExchange Upgrades Systems & Processes Highest Distributions To Date

We’ve been fortunate to have seen tremendous success as both the organization and digital music services continue to grow. We have made very clear that this is also one of our greatest challenges, and not uncommon to a lot of growing companies. We strive to improve our methods for distributing payments from over a thousand services to even more artists and labels in a timely manner, which is why we continue to make the updating of our systems a high priority.

Most Wanted Monday: Spread Some Holiday Cheer!

Mistletoe at the door. Goodwill wishes on every corner. Ice skating with friends. Cider by the fireplace. Yes, the holidays are here. Wondering how you can make the most wonderful time of the year better?

ASCAP and SoundExchange match list: are you owed?

SoundExchange has undistributed digital performance royalties for thousands of ASCAP members who are also performers and/or master owners. The royalties that SoundExchange distributes are distinct from ASCAP writer performance royalties.

Most Wanted Monday: Halloween Edition

The ghoulies and ghosties are out on the prowl, and the creepy crawly creatures are beginning to howl. But SoundExchange isn’t scary, there’s no need to be wary: come claim your royalties now!

SoundExchange outreach team member Bill Holland featured on WTOP

Award-winning Washington, DC radio station WTOP interviewed SoundExchange outreach team member Bill Holland this week, touting his effort and success at tracking down artists owed SX royalties. Kudos to veteren investigative reporter Mark Segraves for his dilligent research and help in spreading the word about unclaimed money.

Sneak peak below, or read the full article at WTOP.com.

“Bill Holland may be looking for you — and if he is — you want him to find you. That’s because he has tens of millions of dollars to give away.

Holland is an outreach consultant for SoundExchange, a nonprofit group that pays royalties to recording artists and record labels for music that is played digitally.

Holland specializes in tracking down some of the most hard to find artists: The legacy artists who didn’t play top 40 music or even come close to having a hit record. Because of digital outlets, such as satellite radio and music streaming websites, those artists are now having their music played more than ever, but not necessarily getting the payments they deserve.

Laura Anderson, a spokesperson for SoundExchange, says Holland has one of the toughest jobs because the artists he’s looking for are not digitally savvy and often think it’s a scam when a stranger calls offering them money.

“It’s a delicate kind of detective work,” she says. “First he has to track them down, then convince them that, just this one time, ‘you don’t know me but I want to give you money’ isn’t too good to be true.”

But it is true. In the 10 years that SoundExchange has been paying royalties, the group has distributed more than $723 million to thousands of artists and record labels.”

Read the full story and hear the interview at WTOP.com

Testimonial Tuesday, Twitter edition: Spreading @SoundExchange love!

Twitter is just one of the many ways we at SoundExchange like to interact with our members and registrants. And this week, with $50+ Million in SoundExchange royalty checks showing up in mailboxes and deposit accounts across the globe, we’ve been hearing from you. Below, you’ll find a few  of our favorite digital shout-outs.

Testimonial Tues: April Harris & Walter Christopher are “so excited SoundExchange exists.”

April Harris was the leading member of iconic 90s dance group Seduction, and went on to form her own label. She now works with soul singer-songwriter Walter Christopher, and made sure that he was signed up to receive SoundExchange royalties, too.  They stopped by the SoundExchange office on the way to his new album’s release party, and had this to say about SoundExchange:

SoundExchange VP Bryan Calhoun in video interview

A few weeks ago, SoundExchange VP of External Affairs and New Media Bryan Calhoun sat down to Skype for a video interview with Matt Annecharico of MyBand Live in Las Vegas! Check out the 18 minute interview to hear Bryan’s take on the evolving music industry, and SoundExchange’s growing role in the new era.