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Accurate payouts from YouTube with Soundmouse

Stim's partner Soundmouse is a data-driven company that provides the TV industry with various reporting services. As a Stim-affiliated songwriter you can upload your music to Soundmouse completely free of charge, which increases the chances of larger and better YouTube payouts.

Stim's licensing service for digital platforms,ICE Services, regularly provides us with reports on music played around the world. This, in turn, forms the basis for our payments.

To refine the details of Stim payouts, we also use Soundmouse, which provides supplementary data about which music is played in YouTube's GE catalogue, the so-called General Entertainment. This is done by scanning the video content and automatic music recognition.

Offer for Stim-affiliated members

As a Stim-affiliated songwriter you can upload your music to Soundmouse for free. The benefits are:

  • Your music can be easily identified. Soundmouse helps media companies and digital platforms detect when your songs are played.
  • You receive more accurate payouts from Stim. When companies get help identifying the music, Stim can ensure that you receive compensation.

How it works

  1. Create a free Soundmouse account. Read more below.
  2. Upload your recordings to Soundmouse. Thanks to this, they scan to detect when your music is played on YouTube.
  3. Get paid. Soundmouse notifies Stim when your music is played on YouTube and the information is used for more accurate Stim payouts.

Create a free Soundmouse account

Registering an account and uploading your music to Soundmouse is free for songwriters affiliated with Stim.

  • Email to [email protected] with the subject line: "Music manager account creation request for STIM".
  • Include your name and IPI number in the email.

About Soundmouse

Soundmouse helps track music played on TV, radio and on digital platforms, for example YouTube. In this way, as a songwriter affiliated with Stim you receive better and more accurate payouts when your music is played. What does GE (General Entertainment) mean? This refers to videos where music is not the central content. It can, for example, be music from a radio in the background, someone humming a melody, and similar cases.