PlayRight recognizes the tremendous growth of visual content in the music industry and are therefore offers you a grant to record a music video or live session. The grant covers 50% of the production costs, up to a maximum of 750 euros for your music video or live session. 

Who can apply for this grant?

To receive the full grant, you must meet the following criterion:

• All of the main artists of the project must be members of PlayRight. 

If this condition is not met, the grant cannot be allocated to your project.

What costs does the grant cover?

• 50% of the costs incurred, directly related to the production and recording of the music video or live session, up to a maximum amount of 750 euros excluding VAT:
  • production
  • post-production
  • recording
  • mixing
  • editing
  • remuneration of the actors, director or scriptwriter

• Catering costs will not be considered.

Conditions

• Any band or artist can claim the grant once every 2 years.
• If the production company is also the platform and/or the medium, it may submit a maximum of two applications per year.
• Your application must be submitted 1 month before recording the music video. 
• The music you choose for your music video must be a recent release, with a maximum of one year before the release date of the music video.
• All of the main artists of the project must be members of PlayRight. 
• You must have an external partner doing the promo for your music video or live session (for example, a label, media partner or press agent). This support must be clearly outlined in a contract with the partner, explicitly mentioning the promotion of the music video or live session and must be signed by both parties.
• You hire a director, scriptwriter or production company to direct or produce the music video. This is not a requirement for the production of a live session.
• The PlayRight logo is displayed at the beginning or end of the music video or live session and the support is mentioned in the accompanying text.
• Your music video or live session respects the values PlayRight defends, such as gender equality, the Declaration of Human Rights, and the rights of people belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.
• All communications about the music video should mention “Supported by PlayRight” or #SupportedByPlayRight. 
• The “vizualiser” format can also be accepted.

What does my application contain?

• The concept of the music video or live session.
• The budget, detailing all costs excluding VAT, including third-party support or grants.
• The invoice or contract from the third-party partner handling the promo.
• The full names of main artists involved in the project.
• A list of who will be involved in the audiovisual production.
• Your promotional plan (period of distribution of the video and potential partners).

Processing your request:

Your application will be assessed within 10 working days against the above criteria. PlayRight reserves the right to:

• not approve certain expenses ;
• refuse applications that do not comply with the rules and conditions applicable to applications for individual support (grants) from PlayRight;
• refuse your application if the budget allocated to this bursary has been exhausted;
• publicly announce the award of your grant if it is approved.

Visibility criteria

To be eligible for your grant, you must meet at least one of the following two visibility criteria. If you do not, the grant will not be paid out:

A post on your social networks linked to the video clip or live session mentioning PlayRight’s support, accompanied by the following hashtag: #Supportedbyplayright.

And/or

The mention of the PlayRight logo at the beginning or end of the video clip or live session, with an explicit mention of the support in the accompanying text.

Meeting one of these two criteria is mandatory for payment of the grant.

Payment conditions

Payment of your scholarship is made in several stages

1. We analyse your application to confirm that it fully meets the criteria for the scholarship;
2. We check the supporting documents you have provided. We check the supporting documents you have provided and, if necessary, check that they match your budget;
3. Once the video clip or live session has been broadcast, we check that the visibility requirements, including the presence of the PlayRight logo and credits, have been met in accordance with the grant criteria.

Once all these steps have been validated, we will provide you with invoicing information and a personalised reference for payment of your grant. Payment will be made by means of an electronic invoice in PDF format (Peppol), with a VAT rate of 21% (if you are subject to VAT). If your organisation is not subjcted to VAT, please state this on the invoice.

If you prefer to receive payment as an individual, a form will be sent to you by e-mail for this purpose.

Please note: once your application has been accepted, you have 12 months to comply with the payment conditions set out above. After this time, you will need to submit a new application.