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Tame Tiger, hip-hop artist on the Rapture roster
Publishing

Your song earns every time it's used.

Are you collecting all of it?

Most artists focus on streams. Every time your music is played, broadcast, streamed or performed anywhere in the world, it also generates publishing royalties. Without the right setup, that money disappears.

Unclaimed royalties, every year

$2.5B

That's how much in music royalties goes unclaimed globally every year.

When your music plays in another country and your compositions aren't registered there, local collection societies hold your royalties. If nobody claims them within two to three years, they don't sit waiting for you. They are redistributed to the biggest publishers in the world, based on market share. Major label artists. Not you.

This isn't a fringe problem. It happens to thousands of independent artists every year, generating royalties they will never see, simply because their publishing isn't set up correctly.

Your streaming revenue is only part of what you're owed. Publishing is the other half most artists never collect.

What publishing covers

Used anywhere, owed something.

01

Performance royalties

Every public performance, broadcast and stream of your composition generates performance royalties, collected by PROs and CMOs in each territory. Without global registration, foreign territories hold your money until it expires.

02

Mechanical royalties

Every stream on Spotify, Apple Music and other stores generates mechanical royalties on top of your master recording revenue. Most artists never collect these because they don't register correctly.

03

Neighbouring rights

As a performer or recording rights holder, you earn neighbouring rights royalties when your recordings are broadcast on radio, TV or in public spaces globally. This is a separate income stream entirely.

04 Coming soon

Sync licensing

When your music is placed in a film, TV show, advertisement or game, it generates sync fees and backend performance royalties. Available as an add-on through CTRL Music.

Powered by CTRL Music

Publishing administration in 215 countries.

Rapture partners with CTRL Music for composition registration, neighbouring rights and mechanical royalty collection. Set up your account and every royalty your music earns gets collected, everywhere.

Composition registration

Your songs registered correctly with the right PROs and collection societies globally.

Neighbouring rights registration

Full registration for performers and recording rights holders, collecting royalties from broadcast, radio, TV and public performance internationally.

Mechanical royalty collection

Every stream generates mechanical royalties on top of your recording income. CTRL Music makes sure those are collected and paid to you.

Global reach

215 countries and territories covered. Your music earns in every market it reaches.

Open to all

Not a premium add-on. Not a higher tier. Publishing administration through CTRL Music is available to every Rapture artist from day one, included with distribution on all plans.

NerdFnd, Amapiano artist and label owner on the Rapture roster
Why it matters

Streaming is the start. Publishing is the foundation.

Independent artists who write their own music own two separate income streams: master recording royalties and publishing royalties. Most only collect one.

Publishing royalties don't expire when a song leaves the charts. They compound. Every stream, every broadcast and every performance of every song you have written keeps generating income for as long as that song exists.

The artists who build lasting careers don't just release music. They own what they create, and they collect everything it earns.

Your turn

Collect what you're owed.

Register your compositions, claim your royalties and get covered across 215 countries, directly through CTRL Music, Rapture's publishing partner.

Already a Rapture artist? Set up your CTRL Music account to start collecting. Questions? Email support@rapturemusic.co.