Too Lost offers Cover Song Licensing for all of our users. You can license your cover song in the User Portal at any time.
Let's say our band "The Too Lost Band" wanted to distribute a cover of Yesterday by the Beatles. Here is how we would do that, step by step:
Step 1: Login or Sign Up to Too Lost
Step 2: Click "Cover Song Licensing" in the User Portal
Step 3: Click "New License" or click here to start a new registration
Step 4: Add the Release Information. This includes:
- Title of your album/or single (so for our example, Yesterday)
- Album Artist (so for our example, The Too Lost Band)
- Status of the release (choose from the dropdown menu)
Step 5: Add the Licensing Information. This includes:
- Original Song Title (so for our example, Yesterday)
- Original Recording Artist (so for our example, The Beatles)
- Length of the recording in seconds (so if the song is 2 minutes and 5 seconds, it should be formatted as 125 seconds)
After you provide this information, you can review and pay. The license costs a one time fee of $14.99 - this fee is provided to both the original writers, and our clearance partners Easy Song Licensing. ESL will handle the copyright and legal process, and ensure the cover rights are properly assigned and approved.
After you have paid and submitted the license request, it will take 1-2 days to be approved. Once it has been licensed, you can now create the release and distribute the song on Too Lost.
Note, if the status of your cover song says Send NOI or Send SOA/PMT - you do not need to take any action. We will be providing all documents to the rights holders for you automatically.
As a reminder, you cannot claim publishing royalties or register the cover song with a Performing Rights Organization (PRO). You can, however, earn royalties for every stream and sale of the cover song from platforms like Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon, etc.