Education

PRS for Music education resources

Use our online resources to help you learn more about what we do, how songwriters and publishers make money from royalties and how we fit into the wider music industry.

What is PRS for Music?

PRS for Music is home to the world's best music writers, composers and publishers.

We exist to collect and pay royalties to our members when their music is used in one of a number of ways – when it is recorded onto any format and distributed to the public, performed or played in public, broadcast or made publicly available online.

PRS for Music Foundation
The UK's only independent funder of new music across all genres.

PRS for Music Members Benevolent Fund
A registered charity that provides assistance to members and ex-members of the Performing Rights Society and their families.

Useful links and partners
Industry partners
Information on licensing schools
I want to join PRS for Music as a songwriter or publisher

Learning resources

Use the resources below to help learn about PRS for Music

Download the 'Introduction to PRS for Music' presentation
A Powerpoint presentation that explains our role in the music industry.

Watch 'The Royalty Route' video
A video outlining how songwriters and composers get paid when their music is used

Download 'Music Universe'
A diagram explaining the music industry as a whole and the relationships between different organisations

Download 'The Story of a Song'
An illustration showing how a song is developed and how it earns income for the writer

Read independent research
View key music industry research from our Chief Econmist, Will Page

We have a limited amount of printed literature available - Request literature

Visits and events

We offer visits to schools and colleges, as well as speaking at events. However, we only have limited resources so we cannot visit everyone.

Find out if we can visit your school or event

To request a visit, please email us with details of your college, the courses you run, approximate number of students in the audience. If it is for a specific event, please give us as many details as possible.

Alternatively, we will be holding an Education Day in 2010 where students can find out more about how songwriters and publishers make money from royalties and how we fit into the wider music industry.

Request information on our Education Day

Where you can you find us

We also participate in events around the country that you may be able to attend.

See which events PRS for Music are involved with