If you have not yet reported concert performances to TONO for the second half of last year, you should hurry. The deadline is February 1st.
/ 28/01/2016 / codexIt's a simple logic, but worth remembering: In order for TONO to be able to pay you concert fees, we need to have information that the concert has taken place. The reports we receive form the basis for the invoices we send out to organizers, and later for the fees you are paid.
– Concert organizers are obliged to apply for a TONO permit in advance of the concert, and to report what has been performed afterwards. Unfortunately, we find that not everyone does this, says TONO's membership manager Jan Espen Storo.
– And that is why we greatly appreciate the help we can get from our members, especially in cases where they themselves are the artist. Then they know very well what has been performed where, and their reports can actually make us aware of concerts where the organizers themselves have not reported. In other cases, it can help us to quality-assert the information we receive from organizers.
In order for TONO to be able to pay you concert fees, we must have information that the concert has taken place.
TONO wants reports submitted as soon as possible after performances. The shorter the time from the concert to the organizer receiving an invoice from us, the better for all parties. At the same time, you ensure that you receive payment as quickly as possible. TONO pays out concert fees once a year, in the fall. And it is in this context that you should note the reporting deadline of February 1st.
– If your works were performed in concert between July and New Year's last year, and you want your remuneration paid in the autumn concert settlement, it is of great help to us if you report by the deadline of February 1, says Storo, who nevertheless emphasizes that the deadline not deprives you of the opportunity for compensation if you fail to deliver the report.
– No, the point is that you help us do a good job for you, and not least, you ensure that you are paid your concert fee at the first opportunity.
If you have written songs that other artists or musicians perform in concert, you will naturally be very happy to be paid the rightful TONO remuneration – because others have reported the performance to TONO. The same applies to others, of course, and that is why it is so important that you report everything:
– A report should be complete, and include all the musical works performed – even those written by others. If you play seven of your own songs and three cover songs, everything should be reported anyway, so that you get your remuneration and the copyright holders of the cover songs get their remuneration, says Storo.
– A report should be complete, and contain all the musical works performed – including those written by others.
If you organize your own concert, you relate to TONO not only as a member – but also as an organizer. To use a saying: You wear two different hats.
– It is an important basic principle that organizers should always inform TONO about concerts in advance, and report back afterwards. This also applies to those of TONO's members who arrange their own concerts, says Storo. In such cases, one must both pay TONO fees – and get paid out later. It is not as strange as it may sound, emphasizes Storo:
– For example, imagine that you are performing songs that you have written with others. If you do not pay TONO fees as an organizer, your co-composers will miss out on performance fees from your concert.