For Performers
Take any song from our catalog to your stage, your studio, your album. The path is simple, legal, fast — and you keep your earnings.
Дрейдл и дети — Russian Hanukkah children's song, performed by Riglis Band, Russian text by Gogol Prize laureate Olga Anikina. The kind of song you can cover: simple melody, traditional roots, ready-to-sing for kids and families. Read the story →
Three steps
Choose any song from our Russian or English catalog. Note the title, composer, and the lyricist (Olga Anikina for Russian, Walter J. Kin for English).
Pay a standard mechanical license fee through DistroKid, Songfile, or Easy Song Licensing — typically $15-25 per song. This gives you the legal right to record and release.
Record your version. Release it anywhere — Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube. You keep your recording royalties. We collect our publishing share automatically.
The split — honest, transparent
We are registered as Rigli Publishing with the MLC (Mechanical Licensing Collective) and ASCAP. Every song in our catalog has an ISWC code. As long as you distribute through standard channels, royalty collection is automatic.
Where to get the cover license
Any of these will issue you a valid mechanical license for distribution. We do not endorse one over another — pick the one that fits your workflow.
Credit format
When you submit your cover to your distributor, fill in the songwriter/publisher fields like this:
Each song page on this site lists the exact composer, lyricist, ISWC code, and publisher attribution to copy. If you can't find what you need, email walter@jewishsong.org.
Beyond covers
A standard mechanical license covers audio recordings for distribution and streaming. For other uses, contact us directly — we usually say yes, and the terms are friendly.
Performing rights on stage are normally handled by your venue's ASCAP/BMI license — no separate paperwork. For ticketed solo shows or tours featuring our material, write to us.
Movies, series, commercials, trailers — we license sync rights directly. Email us with the project, length, territory, and budget range.
Grand rights (use in a stage production) require separate licensing. We have an active musical-theater catalog — write to us.
Want a custom arrangement, a special key, a duet version, an instrumental? We can collaborate. Email us with what you have in mind.
Start here
Every artist who covers one of our songs helps the Jewish-song revival reach further. If twelve million listeners moved to the Russian originals, your version could move twelve million more.
Questions? walter@jewishsong.org