Royalties are generated whenever your music is used. Whether it is streamed, broadcast, downloaded, performed live, sold or licensed income is generated. Because you are a writer, you earn royalties from the composition (the underlying song). If you also release recordings as an artist, you may earn additional income separately from the master side – but these are two different revenue streams, and we as a publisher deal with the income from the composition while your record company or distributor deals with the recording income.