JPF Home Page Forums General Messages Mentor Questions Forum ASCAP (or BMI) listing with no publisher

As I get a song to ready for broadcast standards i register it with ASCAP as the writer, listing appropriate co-write credits, and with the publisher involved also listed. All songs that are not published through someone else, i list my own publishing company, at this point i truly am the publisher, knowing those rights can be reassigned during negotiations if an artist or licensing opportunity arise from the music. i have always felt it's better to list myself as the publisher in the interim and have any interest or credits come back to me. there is alot of activity in the grass roots music community on self published material. my advice to all writers is to register your works with your PRO as both the writer and publisher until such time there is a publisher whom you are making a deal with to further exploit the work.