Music organisations
British music rights
British Music Rights is
an umbrella organisation which represents the interests of composers, songwriters
and music publishers
Mechanical copyright protection
society
The MCPS collects and distributes
'mechanical' royalties generated from the recording of music onto many different
formats. This income is distributed to their members - writers and publishers
of music.
Performing right society
The PRS collects and distributes licence fees for
the public performance and broadcast of musical works.
Association of professional
recording services
The organisation promotes quality in the recording industry and includes studios,
sound engineers, post production houses, etc in its membership
Musicians union
Represents over 30,000 musicians and offers services for musicians of all types
and standards. Importantly they can also negotiate with the industry on
behalf of the musician.
British phonographic industry
Basically the british record industry's trade association.
British academy of
composers and songwriters
Lobbying the government with regards to copyright and other musical matters,
they provide wide ranging services including legal.
British music information centre
Resource centre with information on modern british composers.
Music of black origin
Helping people to get into creative industries
Youth music
Works alongside other organisations and bodies to support music making and training
National operatic and dramatic
association
Main body for representing amateur theatre in the UK. Relevance here is
of course that part of that work is connected with opera and other stage music.
Producers and composers of
applied music
They give guidance on fees, administration, etc
Performing artists media rights association
Non profit organisation run by performers for performers. They promote
performers rights across all musical genres.
Agents Association
Represents agents in the UK and has a good code of conduct
Association of festival organisers
Covers folk, roots, traditional and acoustic music
Association of independant
music
Dedicated to helping independant labels etc
Incorporated society of musicians
Amongst other things the organisation provides legal and career advice