Split sheet generator

What a split sheet is (and why you need one)

A split sheet is a one-page document that records who wrote what percentage of a song. It's signed by every co-writer. It is the single most important piece of paper in a songwriter's career — and the one most often skipped.

If there's ever a dispute, a sync opportunity, a royalty audit, or a registration at a PRO, a signed split sheet is the thing that settles it. Without one, you're relying on memory, text messages, and vibes — and vibes have lost a lot of writers a lot of money.

Fill it out in the room

The best time to do a split sheet is the day the song is finished, in the same room as the other writers. Not next week. Not "when the demo is done." That day. It takes ninety seconds. The conversation gets harder every week you put it off.

What the fields mean

PRO affiliation is the performing rights organisation you're registered with — PRS (UK), ASCAP / BMI / SESAC (US), SOCAN (Canada), APRA (AU/NZ), and so on. A writer can only be registered with one at a time. Unaffiliated is fine — you can join later and re-register.

IPI / CAE number is your unique global songwriter ID, issued when you join a PRO. Optional but useful — it makes registering the song at every collection society around the world unambiguous.

Publisher is the entity that administers the publishing side of the song. If you haven't signed a publishing deal, you are your publisher — you can write "self-published" or your own company name. Publishers often have their own PRO registration, which can be different from the writer's.

Splitting the song

The default for most co-writes is to split evenly — if three people were in the room, everyone gets a third. Not because every contribution was mathematically equal, but because accounting for every lyric and melodic phrase is usually more trouble than it's worth, and goodwill is more valuable than two percentage points.

There are exceptions. If one writer came in with the song 80% finished and the others added a bridge, an uneven split makes sense. If a producer wrote a significant melodic hook, they're a writer, and that needs to be in the split. Sort it out in the room, before the song goes anywhere.

What this generator does and doesn't do

It generates a clean, professional split sheet PDF with all the fields a publisher or PRO will want. You print it, each writer signs it, and everyone keeps a copy.

It doesn't handle digital signatures. For that you'd need every writer to have an account with an e-signature service, which is more friction than most co-writes deserve. Print and sign is fine — that's what the industry has always done.

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