Who Can Become a JAMMS Member?
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As a record company/ record label/ artiste or musician, you will need a performance rights organization to handle the licensing and collections associated with broadcast and public playing of your recorded music.
JAMMS is constantly delivering a first-class, industry-leading service to our members.
Find out if you are eligible for JAMMS membership
Record Producer Membership
If you are an Executive Producer or Record Label Owner, and you have active recordings in circulation but have not yet joined – you may be foregoing royalties.
JAMMS is a single powerful voice and Agency for Record Producers/Record Labels. We are home to hundreds of established local Record Producers/Record Labels. Equally important we manage rights on behalf of tens of thousands of foreign labels, through our affiliations with international counterparts.
If your records are being played, apply for membership so you can be paid. JAMMS provides you with seamless local and global royalty collection services.
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Application or Membership Fee: None
Criteria for Record Producer Membership
An applicant must own 100% of the master rights in at least three (3) recordings that have been commercially released in physical or digital formats.
Applicant must provide supporting documentation:
Provide proof of the commercial release of the songs being registered. Proof can be print out, screenshot or or link to digital buy-page (on Spotify, Amazon etc), or CD insert/Vinyl jacket showing song titles, credits etc,
Applicant must provide an audio copy, in MP3 format, of each recording being registered.
A passport size photograph
A copy of ID (Driver’s License, Voters ID, or Passport)
TRN (Taxpayer Registration Number)
If Label is registered as business or company, then a Certificate of Business Name Registration or Certificate of Incorporation
JAMMS maintains the right to request additional information to support its approval process.
Performer Membership
Artistes and musicians can apply to JAMMS as performer members, to benefit from performance royalties earned outside of Jamaica. Where music is played, the performers, like the record producers/record labels, are due royalties for use.
Performer membership is currently limited to international collections for Jamaica-based performers. Copyright Laws in Jamaica require some changes to allow artistes and musicians to generate performance royalties from the Jamaica market.
Link: Causes JAMMS continues to make representation for this overdue update to the Copyright Law of Jamaica.
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Application or Membership Fee: None
Criteria for Performer Membership
An applicant must have performed as an artiste or musician on at least ten (10) recordings that have been commercially released in physical or digital formats.
Applicant must provide supporting documentation:
Proof of commercial release of at least 10 recordings on which the artist/musician has played. Proof can be print out, screenshot or a link to digital buy-page (on Spotify, Amazon etc), or CD insert/Vinyl jacket showing song titles, credits etc,
The applicant may still qualify to apply if he/she has appeared on less than 10 recordings. In such a case the applicant must be able to provide proof that he/she has had at least 1 song that has appeared on multiple radio playlists in any of the major music markets of USA, UK, Germany, France or other European Territories.
A copy of ID (Driver’s License, Voters ID, or Passport)
TRN (Taxpayer Registration Number)
JAMMS maintains the right to request additional information to support its approval process.
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We have extensive reach globally, with a footprint in over 40 countries.
International Royalty Collections
Once you become a member we cover you for both local and global royalty collections, unless otherwise requested at the time of application.
JAMMS has developed strong and trusted relationships across the globe and boasts an impressive roster of expert international royalty collection partners, who not only manage the licensing and royalty collection activities in their home territory but have further international reach.
View our list of international royalty collection partners
Royalty Distribution Schedule
| DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL ROYALTIES | |
|---|---|
| DISTRIBUTION # 1 | JULY |
| DISTRIBUTION # 2 | DECEMBER |
| DISTRIBUTION # 3 | APRIL |
| DISTRIBUTION OF FOREIGN ROYALTIES | |
|---|---|
| FROM USA | MONTHLY |
| FROM UK | JULY & DECEMBER |
| FROM OTHER TERRITORIES | JULY/OCTOBER/DECEMBER/APRIL |
Royalty Information
Understanding Royalty Statements
Receiving royalty payment is an indication that your recordings are active and or, you are benefitting from a Base Payment/UPA – unlogged performance allocation.
Below are the elements that will typically appear on your royalty statement.
Source of royalties (broadcast/public performance/streaming, cable etc)
Titles for which you have earned royalties (if applicable)
Value of each play for the period (or accumulated value for plays received)
The dollar value you are due to receive or which has been paid to you
Our Royalty Payment Methods
Our two main royalty payout methods are:
Direct to Jamaican Bank
Royalties can be received in an account held by the member at any commercial bank or building society.
Direct to International Bank
Payments to members residing outside of Jamaica are facilitated by international WIRE transfer.
Tools To Keep You On Track
Change of Address Form
Change of Address
Collecting Societies right across the world, including JAMMS, often have royalties being held for some of its members which they cannot pay out for one simple reason. Some members cannot be found. Those are members who:
May have changed their mailing address and not notified JAMMS.
They have changed email address, and not notified JAMMS.
They have an email address but do not check their email.
Each member holds a responsibility to notify the Society of any change in contact details.
In modern music business activities, having an active email address is now a basic necessity to facilitate easy and constant communication between the Society and the member.
If you have changed your address notify us here immediately:
Song Registration Form
Song Registration
Making money for you is all we do all day. Everyday. However, there is a critical role you must play in that process. You must register your music with us as early as possible after they have been released. Delayed registration typically means lost royalty income.
Unless you register your music with us we do not have a definitive basis on which to manage the rights in your music. Each Producer must advise us of what sound recordings he owns and also advise whether he has assigned or licensed the rights in any of his recordings to other parties. Sound recordings that are owned by a Producer must be formally registered with JAMMS as a means of providing permission to manage the rights and to allocate and distribute royalties to such recordings.
Releasing music today and registering them with JAMMS, or any other Collecting Society, many months afterwards typically means that the airplay activity normally received shorty after release would not have been linked to any Producer within the Society’s airplay monitoring systems and therefore equals lost revenue for the Producer.
The most successful Producers within JAMMS membership are those who pay attention not only to marketing and promotion of their music but also early registration!
Frequently Asked Questions
Understand the basis on which you own rights in music and how membership in JAMMS protects those rights and allows you to earn.