Are you a songwriter, composer or publisher and have written songs that have the potential to be used on radio, television, the internet, in restaurants and or any of the thousands of other businesses that use music, you've come to the right place.
Joining AWESOME is a critical step in your music career. You are about to begin a process that will make you a part of one of the fastest growing family in the world and, more importantly, we will ensure that you get paid when any businesses plays your song.
There is a one time, nominal processing fee of $300.00 to apply for AWESOME writer membership and $500.00 for AWESOME publisher membership, this fee is non-refundable, but there are no annual dues.
We constitute ourselves a company incorporated under the name of “Advancing Writers Entertainers Singers On Music Endeavours (AWESOME) Limited” for the following purposes:
a) To protect composers, authors and publishers of musical works against piracies of any kind;
b) To promote reforms in the law respecting literary property;
c) To procure uniformity and certainty in the law respecting literary property in all countries;
d) To facilitate the administration of the copyright laws for the protection of composers, authors and publishers of musical works;
e) To abolish abuses and unfair practices and methods in connection with the reproduction of musical works;
f) To promote and foster by all lawful means the interest of composers, authors and publishers of musical works;
g) To grant licenses and collect royalties for the public representation of the works of its members by instrumentalists, singers, mechanical instruments, radio broadcasting stations, or any combination of singers, instrumentalists and mechanical instruments, and to allot and distribute such royalties;
h) To adjust and arbitrate differences and controversies between its members, between its members and others, and to represent its members in controversies, actions and proceedings, involving the right of public performances of any work of any member, or the question of authorship in any work of any member;
i) To promote friendly intercourse and united action among composers, authors, publishers and producers of musical works;
j) To acquire, own and sell real and personal property, and to accumulate and maintain a Reserve Fund to be used in carrying out any of the objects of the company;
k) To enter into agreements with other similar associations in foreign countries, providing for the reciprocal protection of the rights of the members of the company;
l) To do any and all other acts or things which may be found necessary or convenient in carrying out any of the objects of the company or in protecting or furthering its interests or the interests of its members.
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Are you a songwriter, composer or publisher and have written songs that have the potential to be used on radio, television, the internet, in restaurants and or any of the thousands of other businesses that use music, you've come to the right place. Read more
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The word AWESOME is an acronym for Advancing Writers Entertainers Singers On Music Endeavours. It is located at 174 Eastern Main Road, Tunapuna, and managed by a Board of Directors. Using Media Monitoring, AWESOME has set out to do what no other copyright company has done locally, regionally or internationally by allowing members to see via our website what royalties are due to them on a daily basis.
