Music publishing royalties are a bit different than other types of royalties. While traditional publishing royalties are paid by the publisher to the author, who then pays their writer (if they’re not self-published), music publishing royalties are paid directly from the publisher to you. As a songwriter, you’ll earn money every time your song is played on TV or radio, streamed online, sold as sheet music or downloaded as a digital file. You can also earn money when others use your song in their own recordings or performances. For example, if someone were to cover one of your songs and release it on an album or as an individual track, you could earn performance royalties every time that album is sold or streamed online. In addition to this, you’d also receive mechanical royalties for each copy of that album sold that includes your song being performed live: these two types of royalty payments combined would make up the “performance income” portion of your overall music publishing income. The amount of money you’ll earn from your music publishing rights depends on several factors: firstly, how popular your songs are with listeners; secondly, how often they’re played (on TV shows/radio stations etc); and finally – what percentage of total revenue has been Songwriters / Producers / Composers can earn money from their compositions in a few different ways: Performance royalties Mechanical royalties Sync licensing fees Licenses for samples Printing sheet music