Before diving in...
Have a look at Registering Works with MusicTeam®
Make sure you're eligible and subscribe to the Works Registration Management plan.
Review our Onboarding Process: you won't be able to register works until the onboarding is completed
Get your Work ready for Registration
Add your Work and your splits
Create a new Work by clicking on:
Works > Repertoire
Add your metadata and your splits (Works + Works Splits info 👉 here)
🔈If you already have an audio file, start by adding a Recording and we'll automatically create a related Work for you. Remember to fill in the necessary metadata for the Work after you're done with the Recording.
Request an ISWC
Get your ISWC before submitting a Work registration. Here's how to request an ISWC
Submitting Works for Registration
To submit a work for registration:
Select the Works to be registered
Click on Register
Your selected Works will be added to Registration - To Submit on the side menu
Verifying your metadata for registration
Our registration checkpoint will highlight errors, warnings, and updates for your Works registration. Errors and warning will notify you of missing or incomplete metadata. You must make sure that the errors are resolved or else you will not be able to submit your Works for registration. Updates are simply to notify you that we'll be sending revisions for your Works registration.
You will see one of the errors if:
Your splits are not equal to 100%
One of your co-writer or co-creator has a publisher
Try to submit a work registration where you do not have a split
You will see a warning if:
One of your co-writer hasn't provided their IPI in their Profile.
You will see an update if:
You have a new Recording that was published. This means that we'll send a revision for your Work registration and submit the recording metadata.
If there are no more errors, click on Submit Registrations. All Works in To Submit will be sent for registration. If you don't want to include a Work to be registered, simply click on "x". You can re-add it when it's ready.
⚠️ Once you click on Submit Registrations, you won't be able to edit anything in the Work or the splits - while it's pending registration as well as when it'll be registered.
Keeping up with the progress of your Works registration
As soon as you have submitted your Work registrations, you will be able to see different statuses so you can keep track of its progress.
To view the registration status, you have 2 options:
In your Repertoire, click on the bookmark and turn on your PRO. This will show the registration status for all works in your repertoire.
If you click on the 🔎 for a specific Works, under Related Recording, in the Registrations you will see the status.
Works Registration Statuses & Troubleshooting
Submitted | Your Work has been submitted to be Registered. |
Review Pending | Your Work has been sent for Registration. |
Processing Registration | Your Work Registration is being Processed. |
Registered | Your Work has been Registered. An ISWC may be have been issued. |
Disapproved | Under the Registration sub-menu, go to Disapproved. See the Checkpoint for correction required. Once you have made the corrections, confirm in the checkpoint that the corrections were made and click on Submit Corrections. |
Update Required | Our system will detect if you have a new published Recording. Works in Update Required should be sent to your PRO for revision so we can provide them the Recording metadata. |
Some of your co-writer or co-creators are members of different PROs, can I still submit a Work Registration?
Some of your co-writer or co-creators are members of different PROs, can I still submit a Work Registration?
Yes, the user submitting Works registration has to be a member of our eligible PROs/MROs.
My Work information has changed, but I can't edit it.
My Work information has changed, but I can't edit it.
If you already submitted your Work for registration and your metadata or ownership shares have changed, contact us.