
Royalties rates start at just $3, for tracks under five minutes and the minimum quantity of sales, which is 25 downloads on Affordable Song Licensing. It is important to keep an eye on your RouteNote statistics to ensure you keep within the sales you purchased on your mechanical license. Royalty rates are dependent on the length of the song and how many downloads you think you’ll sell. Royalties are set by copyright law and are the same regardless of which third party licensing agency you use.
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This covers both digital and physical sales in the US. Licenses on Affordable Song Licensing cost just $12 per song + royalties. This is where our new partner Affordable Song Licensing comes in.Īffordable Song Licensing have been helping artists purchase compulsory mechanical license since 2016 and proudly “have the lowest fee out of any third party licensing agency” for standalone mechanical licenses. To distribute to all stores in the US, or if you are looking to sell physical copies, you will need a mechanical license. If you want to distribute your release to all stores, including those that offer digital downloads such as iTunes/Apple Music and Amazon Music, you will need to exclude the following territories: USA, Canada, Mexico, India and Pakistan.

With RouteNote, artists can legally distribute their cover songs worldwide to streaming services like Spotify, Deezer, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Nuuday, Anghami, TIDAL, KKBOX and JioSaavn without a license. We are officially partnered with Affordable Song Licensing to help our independent artists and labels obtain compulsory mechanical licenses.
