Music Licensing

Copyright permissions for our music catalog

  • If you are looking and need to know if we control rights for any given song, the easiest way to find out at the moment is to ask!

    Currently, our catalog is disabled from public viewing on this website as we are building a new system to accommodate catalog searching. However, you can search other public databases, such as ASCAP, BMI, CCLI, and Capitol CMG Publishing.

  • United States

    Users in the United States may license songs from the Watershed Music Publishing catalog via Capitol CMG Publishing.

    Brazil

    Contact Editora Adorando Ltda. at adm@Adorando.com.br.

    Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea

    Contact SHOUT! Music Publishing at CCMG@ShoutPublishing.com.au.

    Rest of World

    Contact Universal Music Publishing Group at inboxlicensing@umusic.com.

  • If you would like to translate one of our compositions into another language or are requesting an official translation for use on a recording:

    Certain songs have official translations. If an official translation exists, we ask that you obtain a license for that version.

    If an official translation does not exist and you would like to create one, please complete and return this Translation Request Form.

    Please direct all translation inquiries to CapitolCMGTranslations@umusic.com directly.

  • Each of our owned or controlled master sound recordings is subject to the approval of the sound recording owner. Please contact us to find out if we control any particular recordings you would like to license.

  • If you are creating a video for personal use (“User-Generated Content”), and not to promote a product, business, or other commercial use, you do not need a license to post your video on your personal YouTube page or channel.

    However, the copyright owners have the right to claim, monetize, and place ads on your video. This claim is NOT a strike on you or your channel and will cause ads to appear around the video. This is how we produce compensation for the use of our song. This is how songwriters are paid.

    For videos of a commercial nature that advertise goods or services, promote a product, brand, or political view, or are otherwise commercial in nature, you will need to obtain a synchronization license.