write the splits down while the session is fresh, then ask every writer and owner to confirm their own share before the song comes out. once everyone has confirmed, lock the splits so any later change has to be agreed again.
list two sets of shares. the writer shares cover the song itself: who wrote the music and lyrics, and what percentage each person owns. the master shares cover the recording: the artist, producer or label who own it. each set totals 100. add each writer's society and IPI number if you know them.
a group chat where nobody objects is not agreement. send each writer and owner their own share and ask for a clear yes, or for them to say what's wrong. silence is not a yes.
once a song is out and registered, changing a split means correcting every registration that used the old shares. sorting it out while the song is still yours to change is far easier than fixing it later.
when everyone has said yes, treat the split as fixed. if it has to change later, everyone confirms the new version, and the agreed one stands until they do.
add the song, its writers and their shares. pica won't accept writer shares that don't add up to 100. on the song page, choose "ask [name] to confirm": they get an email, open the link, sign in with that address, and confirm all their parts in one tap. pica reminds them if they don't answer. the song page shows who has confirmed and who it is still waiting on. when everyone has confirmed, the split shows as locked. to change it, you start a change and give a reason, and everyone confirms the new version.
the split stays unlocked and the song shows who it is waiting on. pica sends reminders, but the conversation is yours to have. it is better to have it before release than after.
yes. the recording has its own shares, usually between the artist, producer and label, and they total 100 separately from the writer shares. they are confirmed the same way.
yes. someone starts a change and says why, then everyone confirms the new version. until they do, the version they agreed stands.
add a song, its writers and their shares, and ask each of them to confirm.
start with one song