14/08/2026
Just because your music is online doesn't mean you're compliant with all collecting societies and RISA. Uploading a track to Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube isn't the same as being registered, it just means the platform is willing to host it. This applies to gospel artists too, and it hits Clap and Tap artists especially hard.
Clap and Tap is one of the most performed genres at churches, crusades, and community gatherings across this country, live, loud, and constant. But if you're not registered with SAMRO for performance royalties, CAPASSO for mechanical royalties, SAMPRA for needletime rights, and RISA for your ISRC code, none of that airplay and none of those performances are putting a cent in your pocket. You're building the culture and someone else is collecting the cheque.
Too many gospel artists mistake visibility and church love for legitimacy. Being online gets you heard. Being registered gets you paid. Get your paperwork right, the anointing doesn't collect royalties, the societies do.
'Defining Legends'
