ASCAP vs SIQA Verified

If you're an ASCAP songwriter, composer or music publisher, you've come to the right place. The ASCAP app connects you to your ASCAP account, with innovative tools to help you get the most out of your membership, and boost your music career. Think of it as a music manager in your pocket. With the ASCAP app you can: - Manage your music and metadata to make sure you’re set up to get paid for your creative work - Add to your ASCAP catalog with our step-by-step guided or quick registration options - Take a work registration quiz for guidance on how to register your new music - Scan your entire catalog with our data health check, and quickly add any missing metadata to help ASCAP get you paid - Check up on your latest ASCAP royalty distributions - Find new collaborators and mentors with the ASCAP Connections messaging platform - Educate yourself on how the money flows in the music industry, and learn how to sustain your music career, whether you’re an experienced creator or just starting out - Find workshops, competitions and networking events near you What is ASCAP? ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a performing rights organization (PRO) representing over 1.1 million of the greatest songwriters, composers and music publishers in the world. We’re the only PRO in America operating on a not-for-profit basis, and the only one that puts creators first. We get you paid when your music is played ASCAP’s main job is to pay you royalties when your music is played publicly by the businesses we license. And we’re really good at what we do! In 2024, we achieved revenues of $1.835 billion, and distributed $1.696 billion to our songwriter, composer and publisher members. We put music creators first We pay our members all of the music licensing revenue we take in, minus our operating expenses (among the lowest in the industry). Our governing documents require us to pay music creators first – a claim that only ASCAP can make. We’re led by music creators like you ASCAP is the only PRO in the US founded and governed by songwriters, composers and music publishers. Every decision about how we operate is made by music creators like you – not broadcasters, corporations and investors, like our competitors. We innovate ASCAP offers the most advanced data processing systems of any PRO, to ensure that you get paid fairly and accurately. Our ASCAP Lab explores how new technologies and new business approaches can drive value for our members and the businesses that use their music.

Wondering if AI played a part in that song? SIQA Verified is the fastest way to discover how a song was made. Hold your phone up to any track and, much like Shazam identifies a song, SIQA Verified uses audio fingerprinting to identify it and reveal its AI classification in seconds. Every result is drawn from the SIQA Verified Registry, the trusted registry for AI music, and sorted into one of three clear categories: • Fully AI-Generated • AI-Assisted • Human + AI Hybrid (based on vocal cloning) Built on a simple principle: Verified, Not Flagged. SIQA doesn't police or label music as suspect. It gives artists a way to establish provenance up front, and gives everyone else a trusted way to understand how the music they love was made. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan any song and get its AI classification instantly • Explore the SIQA Verified Registry, home to the industry's first AI music charts • See what's trending and newly verified • Discover the story behind the music you love FOR FANS Point your phone at any song and get an answer in seconds. FOR ARTISTS Register your work and carry verification as a credential, not an accusation. FOR THE INDUSTRY A single source of truth for provenance in the AI music era. From The Sonic Intelligence Academy (SIQA), the independent data and verification platform for AI music. Backed by 1517 Fund. Download SIQA Verified today. Questions or feedback? Reach us at team@thesiqa.com