AllTrack offers its creators the flexibility of setting up either a single AllTrack creator account (100% share) or a combination of an AllTrack creator account (50% share) and an AllTrack publisher account (50% share). In either case, you will retain 100% ownership of your copyrights and the total amount of royalty payments you receive will be the same.
Given that royalties are the same in either structure mentioned above, your decision as an AllTrack creator to setup an AllTrack publisher account is personal based on where you would like to take your music career. Creators frequently setup their own individual AllTrack publisher accounts for a variety of reasons, including for the ability to:
Seek and enter into a publishing or co-publishing deal with an established professional 3rd party publisher
Enter into an administrative deal with a 3rd party administrator
Enter into synchronization licenses to have their music placed into film, TV and various other forms of digital video content
Be eligible to enroll with AllTrack to collect mechanical royalties (upon meeting modest minimum streaming thresholds)
If desired, consolidate royalty collections and certain business affairs of a band or group into one account
Act as a music publisher on behalf of other music creators, in turn earning a split of the publisher royalties
Elevate your status within the music industry to assist with negotiations, dealmaking, etc.
Signup as a member of various music publishing industry organizations to receive updates on industry developments, events, knowledge sharing resources and general insights into the business side of the music industry
Have your publishing entity named in the liner notes, label copy and metadata when sending songs to labels or distributing them to streaming services, and thereby be considered for various industry awards in the publisher category
A creator can setup an AllTrack publisher account immediately after setting up their AllTrack creator account, or wait until a later date. Upon setting up their publisher account, a creator should then register the share %'s of their new songs on a 50/50 basis between their creator and publisher accounts.