Simply, 20% of any royalties we get you and 30-50% of any synchronisation fee’s. Bearing in mind that it costs £100 per band member to join the Performing Right Society, this is likely to be far cheaper than joining the PRS yourself for royalty collection. Standard publishing deals tend to work at a higher percentage too.
None at all. Remember, we only take a percentage of whatever we get you. If we don't get you anything, we don’t earn anything ourselves!
No. One of the key benefits of Sentric is that we allow independent or unsigned artists for whom joining the PRS isn't financially feasible to collect their royalties while bypassing joining the society directly themselves. If you are a member of the PRS already you can still join our service to receive the other great benefits and also to take advantage of our administrative systems so we do all the leg work for you.
Everything can be done online, so it's simply a case of signing up.
Sorry, it's all got to be done via the website. This is so submissions are in the right format for us to go to the PRS with. We know it takes a while if you've got 12 months worth of gigs to back claim, but it'll be worth it when the royalty cheque comes in!
Nope, the terms & conditions that you sign-up to say that we've got to get your permission for the use of your music in adverts. The turnaround for television programmes is so quick though that if Hollyoaks, Eastenders or similar want to use your track as incidental music, this is covered under a PPL/PRS/MCPS blanket licence, where the tracks can be used without permission but all royalties will be paid automatically.
“Synchronisation” is the industry term for matching up music with adverts, television programmes, films and so on. We've got links with a range of production companies, so whenever they're looking for a certain type of song, we'll have a look through our catalogue and if your music fits the bill, we'll put it forward. These sorts of deals are hard to come by, but they can be quite lucrative when they do come along.
Of course! Please send to this address:
Sentric Music (demos),
37 Seymour Terrace,
Liverpool,
Merseyside,
L3 5PE.
Completely – the beauty of the contract that Sentric offers is that it's totally non-exclusive, leaving you free to work with other companies and agencies, and should something big come up for you elsewhere you're free to leave Sentric at 28 days notice (that's as quick as the PRS can re-assign your songs).
Nope, we only take 20% of any royalties we collect and 30-50% of any synch deals we get on your behalf. Anything that you get hold of yourself is 100% yours.
Unfortunately, we only get sales updates from iTunes once per quarter ourselves, but in your quarterly statement from us we'll make sure you know everything we know about your sales.
How much money you receive is dependent on:
- How often you play live
- How often your music gets played to the public
- The size of the gigs you play (the bigger audiences and venues, the higher the royalty)
- Where you are on the bill (e.g. headline, first support etc)
- The ticket price of the gigs
We'd love to tell you if we knew, but the truth is the PRS themselves often don't know until they work out your claim. But whether its £7, £700 or £7,000 it’s still money that’s owed to you which we can get for you.
Yes – if you signed up to the PRS yourself you could only claim royalties from the date you sign up onwards, but with Sentric you can claim any monies that have been earned in the past year. The PRS may already have a record of some of these, but just in case make sure the claims you submit to Sentric cover any gigs you've played or airplay you've received within the past 12 months.
Payments are delivered quarterly from the PRS, but when you first sign up it’ll take a minimum of 2 months for the PRS to research your recent history to see how much you are currently owed. So by the time the next statement comes around it could be up to 6 months – but all you need to worry about in the meantime is doing what you do anyway, and telling us about the gigs you play.
Not at all – it's handy if you do as it means we can put them forward for synchronisation, but we can still claim royalties for your live performances without.
You're entitled to royalties for every performance, but the PRS can only pay royalties for performances they know about. This is true whether you're signed up with the PRS directly or via Sentric. The PRS does monitor some venues, radio stations etc., (Radio 2, stadium venues and so on), so will normally pick up on royalties you're entitled to from these places. They're less good at keeping tabs on smaller venues and stations though, so if you play a live session on Norwich FM, make sure to let Sentric know via the forms on the website and we’ll inform the PRS for you. |