Top tips! Finalise registrations by 31 Jan for PPL, register directly with SoundExchange if you have US plays on Sirius and Pandora, update your IDs and tax forms.

Chris Youmans asks the questions all artists want to know re Neighbouring Rights for performers.

What If Artists Received Equitable Remuneration

Pandora direct licenses and the artist's share when the label sidesteps SoundExchange. More questions than answers.

Metadata Criteria - what do specific CMO's require to ensure your metadata is valid for your recording registrations.

Legislation has been proposed in the US - the American Music Fairness Act - that would require the payment of NR on broadcast and terrestrial recorded performances. The IAFAR team discuss the details.

Are neighbouring rights assignable in catalog acquisitions? Listen and find out.

Learn the definitions or music industry jargon and what the acronym letters stand for.

The specifics of NR for conductors and musicians who play in orchestras.

A refresher course on how and when to register recordings by, and what info and forms you'll need,