IPI Numbers: 01362996604 & 01362996702
In the music industry, BMI stands for Broadcast Music, Inc., one of the major Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) in the United States. It acts as a bridge between music creators and businesses, collecting public performance royalties and paying them out to songwriters, composers, and publishers.
What BMI Does
Collects Licensing Fees: BMI sells blanket licenses to TV and radio stations, digital streaming services, bars, restaurants, concert venues, and live events.
Tracks Performances: It monitors where and when songs are played publicly across broadcast, digital, and live platforms.
Distributes Royalties: It pays the collected money out as performance royalties to its registered writers and publishers.
Why It Matters for Artists
Gets You Paid: If your original music is played on the radio, performed live, or broadcast on TV, a PRO is how you collect those performance earnings.
Registration: Songwriters join BMI to register their musical works and receive a unique identifier (IPI number) so their tracks can be properly tracked and credited.