Claim your Royalties.
You're owed money every time your music is played—yet millions in royalties go unclaimed.
I will teach you in 5 days exactly how to collect your royalties no matter your genre, experience, or fanbase size.
What you'll learn.
Day 1 – What Royalties Really Are
Royalties are the money your music earns when others use it—live, streamed, broadcast, or licensed. You’ll learn what types of royalties exist (performance, mechanical, digital, and direct), who earns them (writers, publishers, performers), and which organizations collect them.
Day 2 – Performance Royalties and Publishing
On Day 2, you'll learn how PROs like ASCAP and BMI pay writers and publishers—and 1 mistake means not collecting half of your royalties. We’ll cover SoundExchange and how it pays for non-interactive streams (like Pandora and SiriusXM), how master ownership affects payouts, royalties you're entitled to as a performer, and what rights publishers have (and why famous musicians urge others to own their publishing).
Day 3 – Recordings, Master Royalties, and Mechanical Income
On Day 3, we shift focus from songs to recordings. You’ll learn how owning your masters unlocks mechanical royalties, how streaming payouts work, and why registering with the MLC and SoundExchange is critical. You’ll also see how digital distributors fit in and how to track and verify your income.
Day 4 – Licensing, Sync, Covers, and Rights Control
You’ll understand how to license your music, when to say yes (or no), and how to protect your rights. This covers sync placements, arrangements, samples, and public domain use. You’ll also learn how to distinguish between exclusive and non-exclusive licenses—and why most musicians miss out on these opportunities.
Day 5 – Metadata: The Hidden Key to Royalties
Even if everything else is right, bad metadata can block your payments. You’ll learn what metadata matters (ISRC, ISWC, splits, titles), how different platforms read it, and how to avoid the #1 mistake that stops musicians from getting paid. You'll finish by using the Music Metadata Tracker to tie it all together.
About Zachary Bornheimer
I’m Zachary Bornheimer—an international award-winning composer, saxophonist, and inventor with patented AI technology and additional patents pending in encryption and anti-piracy. I’ve collected thousands in royalties, contributed technical insight to congressional testimony on music rights, and understand how the systems behind rights management actually work. This course brings all of that together—so you can finally feel clear, confident, and in control.
