# Performance rights
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/release/live-performance-rights

Turn a live show into a rights-bearing event. Link a mix as the setlist, generate a SABAM/PRO performance declaration from its tracks' writers, and surface the gigs you're crew on directly on your own calendar.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

A live show triggers **performance royalties**. When you perform songs in public,
the collecting society in your territory (SABAM in Belgium, PRS, ASCAP, SACEM,
GEMA, …) collects a licence fee from the venue and pays it to the **songwriters
and publishers** of the works performed. You claim that money by **declaring your
setlist** to your society.

This feature closes that loop:

* **Setlist = a mix you link.** Link any of your **mixes (playlists)** to the
  event as its setlist, and choose whether to **publish** it (the mix's own public
  toggle). Reuse the same mix across shows.
* **Performance declaration / cue sheet.** Because every track in the linked mix
  already carries its writers, their splits, IPI and PRO, Aden generates a per-work
  **performance declaration** you can file with your society. The document indie
  artists usually never send, leaving money uncollected.
* **Your gigs on your calendar.** If you're added to a show as crew, that gig
  appears on your own personal calendar automatically, even for teams you aren't
  a member of.

## Using it [#using-it]

### Link a setlist mix to a show [#link-a-setlist-mix-to-a-show]

1. Open an event and go to the **Setlist** section.
2. Pick one of your mixes to use as the setlist (searchable picker).
3. Toggle **Publish setlist** on to show it on your public profile; leave it off
   to keep it private to your team.

### Generate a performance declaration (SABAM / PRO) [#generate-a-performance-declaration-sabam--pro]

1. With a setlist mix linked, open **Performance declaration** on the event.
2. Aden lists each work, its writers, their shares, IPI and PRO. Pulled from the
   tracks' collaborator data.
3. Export the CSV cue sheet and file it with your society.