TONO-records the music as soon as it is written

If you want to ensure that you get paid for your music, you need to TONO-register your songs as soon as they are written.

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 / 04/11/2020 / Kristian Dugstad

As a TONO member, you have entrusted us with giving you permission to publicly perform your music – for a fee. We negotiate agreements, license and collect the money that becomes your TONO payments.

TONO ensures that you get paid by concert organizers, radio stations, streaming services, stores, restaurants and everyone else who uses your music. However, for this to be possible, your music must be registered with TONO.

You register (review) new music (works) on your page on the member service My TONO.

You are responsible for registering

TONO maintains a register of all musical works and song lyrics we manage. This information is used when we invoice customers and pay money to rights holders.

TONO members must ensure that their list of works is kept up to date at all times.

Hear more about work registration in TONO's podcast, Musikkkskaperne.

To register, or as it says on My TONO, review, a new work, you only need to provide the title and length of the work, as well as who the authors are. In other words, there is no need to wait until the music has been recorded or performed.

In fact, we ask that TONO registration be the first thing you do when you have created a new work. If the music finds its way to the public before it is registered, it can cause problems.

Can lose money

TONO has chosen to only pay money for music we know has been used. And we never pay money for music that is not registered. At best, we can invoice for the public use of your music, for example at a concert or radio, and keep the money until the work is registered. But that is not an ideal solution.

There is no reason to wait to register. In the worst case, we may not be able to collect any money for the use of your music at all.

If a new song is made available on a streaming service without first being registered with TONO, those who created the music and lyrics risk losing their money completely.

A number of services require TONO to document that the music being played is managed by us. This documentation consists of your registration in My TONO. If the work is not registered, we cannot charge you on your behalf. In that case, your TONO payment for this use may be lost forever.

Therefore: Register your music as soon as it is written, and always before making it available publicly.