American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers - A Musicians Best Friend

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Always protect your music!

     ASCAP is the single best organization in the music industry. It is every musicians absolute best friend in a lot of ways. As artist we love to create. But we all know somewhere along the way realistically speaking, we have to consider getting paid. What makes  ASCAP such a great organization is that it is managed, owned and operated by peers. ASCAP, synonym for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is a membership based association consisting of over 500,000 U.S. based composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers of every kind style, kind, shape and form.

      What makes ASCAP so special ? The organization stands out as being one of the most unique in the world due to the fact that they are the one and only U.S. performing rights organization entirely created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers with its Board of Directors solely elected by and from its owns members.

       ASCAP protects both you and your music in a more general all-encompassing way. They handle all aspects of licensing and distributing your royalties to you for every public performance of your copy-written work. By simply existing they make the job create the perfect marriage by connecting the artist with the performers. They make the process of giving and obtaining permission to perform music very simple for both creators and music users alike.

Considered by many as the best organization in music to become a member of. The affiliation itself is beneficial and there’s even more reason membership in beneficial to you as an musician.

Why should I join The Association of Composers, Authors and publishers? The illustration here does a great job of showing clearly simply just the role ASCAP plays. It shows clearly how it serves as vital link between every musician their customer base.

They are the very 1^st U.S. based performing rights organization to distribute royalties for internet-based performances.

They offer assistance to both new writers and musicians through their career development workshops and showcases.

They have the highest royalty rate in the U.S., less operating expenses ASCAP guarantees an amazing .88 of every dollar goes back to you the musician/writer. That by far is the highest rate currently available.

Prompt payment both writers and publishers receive full payment only 6 months after each performance quarter. For musicians the good news it that Royalty checks go out an amazing eight times per year. Evenly split with 4 covering U.S. Performances and 4 covering foreign performances.

Rights and Privileges – As a member of ASCAP your rights as a musician are protected soundly and entirely. ASCAP as an organization by the artist for the artist fight hard to protect your rights as a musician, as an artist rights your automatically entitled to. They make sure both you and your music are well protected. Membership also has many privileges as well. Like keeping you informed of any and all major changes within the both the music and entertainment industries. A true privilege seems to be simply owning the membership card. As an ASCAP member opportunities seem to be even more available than to non-members. As it is known within the industry ASCAP truly is a union of of composers, authors and publishers.