Do I still need to join other organizations like PROs?

Becoming a Member of The MLC does not replace other memberships or membership activities.

Songwriters, composers, lyricists, music publishers and administrators still need to join a performing rights organization (PRO) in order to collect their respective writer and publisher shares of musical works public performance royalties. For more information, please visit the websites for the following PROs in the United States: ASCAP, BMI, GMR, SESAC, and AllTrack.

Recording artists and record companies do not need to join The MLC but do need to join SoundExchange in order to receive sound recording digital performance royalties. For more information, click to visit the website for SoundExchange. If you are a non-featured artist on sound recordings, you may consider joining the Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund. For more information, click to visit this website: IPRD Fund