Marketing Your Songs With Stanza
We appreciate your interest in Stanza, the ideal marketplace for your gospel sheet music. If you would like to sell your music on the Stanza app, you have come to the right place!
Please fill out the form at the bottom of this page to give us permission to sell your songs on Stanza. We will send you a contract for your approval and signature at a later date. Click here to review a sample contract. If you want to help us out, share this page with your co-authors!
Presently, we are seeking permission for any songs that are published in a book or just floating around as sheet music. Any songs that have not been published in a book will be subject to Stanza Review before being listed on the app. Learn more here.
Please note: we are not yet accepting new song submissions, that time may come but it is not here quite yet.
How Royalties Are Calculated:
Digital View
Any instance the song is viewed in digital format, such as on screens and projectors. Song must be viewed for 30 seconds or more.
Physical Print
Any instance when a user chooses to print the song. Users can print individual copies or as part of a collection and the print rate remains the same.
Stanza pays 51% of net view revenue to copyright holders based on how much use their material has each quarter.
The view royalty calculation is as follows: Stanza’s net revenue × 51% × copyright holders digital view % of total.
Stanza pays a flat rate to copyright holders for each time a user chooses to print a copy of any of their songs.
Contact us to negotiate your print rate.
Notable Excerpts From The Contract
“Payment will be deferred until the cumulative amount of royalties payable to the Copyright Owner reaches $50.00 USD.”
“All royalties shall be paid on a quarterly basis…”
“The Licensee may modify the typesetting, visual layout, and formatting of the Licensed Property to facilitate effective presentation and distribution….”
“…this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive one-year periods unless either party provides written notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then-current term.”