MTV Placements?

JiminyRickets · 12-17-2007, 07:43 PM

For those of you that have gotten placements on MTV... I was just curious what kind of money you've made off of royalties? What shows have you had your music played on and how many beats did you place?

FinalStageBoss · 12-17-2007, 08:06 PM

theres really no way to predict that....

but u aint gonna make shit if u dont have any publishing........

JiminyRickets · 12-17-2007, 08:16 PM

I'm registered with ASCAP and have taken care of all the necessary paperwork with MTV. I'm just curious if anyone could give me a ballpark figure or tell me about their experiences.

FinalStageBoss · 12-17-2007, 08:20 PM

u need to register as a publishing company under ASCAP to get paid, since TV shows are not in the business of record sales, therefore, they are not paying mechanical royalties.....so signing as an artist/writer is completely irrelevant in this case......

JiminyRickets · 12-17-2007, 09:02 PM

Yes, I am aware of this. I have a publishing company with ASCAP as well. Like I said earlier, all of the necessary paperwork has been taken care of. I have already placed tracks with MTV, but the shows just aired recently so I won't be receiving royalties until next year. I just wanted to get some input from people that have already received cheques for their MTV placements

FinalStageBoss · 12-17-2007, 09:15 PM

yea....so like i was sayin, it varies sense ur gettin payed everytime its aired....so it all has to do with how many times the particular episode your music is on is aired

i have tracks thru fox network.....aint seen the checks yet sense this was less than 10 months ago...but since the particular show i had my music on was on a marathon, my check will prolly be a bit bigger...adding in the fact i have 40 different tracks on there......

so its really no way to tell u homey.....u'd have to keep track of that shit yourself

Playgrind · 12-21-2007, 12:12 PM

I get synch fees which are the monies paid up front to synch the audio to video. My take is 50%, my broker takes the other half. I am paid these every six months. MTV/VH1 Viacom pays synch fees once per year.

When a show airs I collect artist share of performance royalties and on some, depending on the deal I collect the publisher share. Alot of deals you work with the publishing company or broker where you get 100% of the artist royalties and they take 100% publishers share.

The actual amounts vary alot depending on the length of the track used, how many times the show airs, the time slot (primetime pays more), and how it was used (background music pays less than say a theme song). Generally it takes nine months from the time the show airs until an ASCAP check is received. I've gotten paid as few as a couple pennies per airing (HBO promo slot) up to $350 per airing. There's a formula that ASCAP uses but I don't know exactly how it is calculated, other than they assign credits per usage and each credit is worth a certain amount.

http://www.sindustry.net

Hitman J · 12-21-2007, 08:49 PM

already ^ good to see you been holding it down sindustry...

got man Urban said he got 40 tracks on that bitch you gone have a nice check, done did the production for every show on the network and shit lol

Krazyjay da Rapper · 12-23-2007, 06:40 AM

40 tracks.....God damn......God damn...

12-17-2007, 07:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
JiminyRickets Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 132	MTV Placements? For those of you that have gotten placements on MTV... I was just curious what kind of money you've made off of royalties? What shows have you had your music played on and how many beats did you place?

12-17-2007, 08:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
FinalStageBoss BOSS Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lynn, Massachusetts Posts: 7,069	theres really no way to predict that.... but u aint gonna make shit if u dont have any publishing........ __________________ PMP WORLDWIDE "Featured Producer" Myspace - Take a seat.

12-17-2007, 08:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
FinalStageBoss BOSS Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lynn, Massachusetts Posts: 7,069	u need to register as a publishing company under ASCAP to get paid, since TV shows are not in the business of record sales, therefore, they are not paying mechanical royalties.....so signing as an artist/writer is completely irrelevant in this case...... __________________ PMP WORLDWIDE "Featured Producer" Myspace - Take a seat.

12-17-2007, 09:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
FinalStageBoss BOSS Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lynn, Massachusetts Posts: 7,069	yea....so like i was sayin, it varies sense ur gettin payed everytime its aired....so it all has to do with how many times the particular episode your music is on is aired i have tracks thru fox network.....aint seen the checks yet sense this was less than 10 months ago...but since the particular show i had my music on was on a marathon, my check will prolly be a bit bigger...adding in the fact i have 40 different tracks on there...... so its really no way to tell u homey.....u'd have to keep track of that shit yourself __________________ PMP WORLDWIDE "Featured Producer" Myspace - Take a seat.

12-23-2007, 06:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
Krazyjay da Rapper I'm the best there is.... Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Columbia, MS Posts: 1,211	40 tracks.....God damn......God damn... __________________ Krazyjay Productions/The Bakery Productions/Trak Starz Productions Bout to buss the industry wide open!! CONTACT INFO: MYSPACE PAGE SOUNDCLICK PAGE PMPWORLDWIDE E-mail:Krazyjayproductions@hotmail.com AIM:Krazyjayradio

12-17-2007, 08:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
JiminyRickets Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 132	I'm registered with ASCAP and have taken care of all the necessary paperwork with MTV. I'm just curious if anyone could give me a ballpark figure or tell me about their experiences.

12-17-2007, 09:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
JiminyRickets Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 132	Yes, I am aware of this. I have a publishing company with ASCAP as well. Like I said earlier, all of the necessary paperwork has been taken care of. I have already placed tracks with MTV, but the shows just aired recently so I won't be receiving royalties until next year. I just wanted to get some input from people that have already received cheques for their MTV placements

12-21-2007, 12:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Playgrind Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7	I get synch fees which are the monies paid up front to synch the audio to video. My take is 50%, my broker takes the other half. I am paid these every six months. MTV/VH1 Viacom pays synch fees once per year. When a show airs I collect artist share of performance royalties and on some, depending on the deal I collect the publisher share. Alot of deals you work with the publishing company or broker where you get 100% of the artist royalties and they take 100% publishers share. The actual amounts vary alot depending on the length of the track used, how many times the show airs, the time slot (primetime pays more), and how it was used (background music pays less than say a theme song). Generally it takes nine months from the time the show airs until an ASCAP check is received. I've gotten paid as few as a couple pennies per airing (HBO promo slot) up to $350 per airing. There's a formula that ASCAP uses but I don't know exactly how it is calculated, other than they assign credits per usage and each credit is worth a certain amount. http://www.sindustry.net

12-21-2007, 08:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hitman J lets get get get it.... Join Date: May 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,750	already ^ good to see you been holding it down sindustry... got man Urban said he got 40 tracks on that bitch you gone have a nice check, done did the production for every show on the network and shit lol

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