Nature of the Business — who wrote it?

no ISWC✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: SMUGGLER'S BLUES

Nature of the Business was written by Arlene Wilson, Terence Dale Griffin, Glenn Lewis Frey, Jack Tempchin, Artis L. JR. Ivey. US mechanical royalties are collected by Universal Music Works (33.4%), Ruminating Music (33.34%), Shelly Bay Music (16.67%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

3 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

83.41%

partial

Unclaimed

16.59%

may be uncollected

⚠ 16.59% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 61 recordings may be going uncollected. We find who’s missing and help recover it.

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

Universal Music Works 33.4%Universal Music Works · 33.4%

Ruminating Music 33.34%Ruminating Music · 33.34%

Shelly Bay Music 16.67%Shelly Bay Music · 16.67%

Unregistered · 16.59%

Universal Music Works 33.4% Ruminating Music 33.34% Shelly Bay Music 16.67%

This song is leaving royalties on the table

Unclaimed shares or a missing ISWC mean mechanical royalties go uncollected. We help get it corrected at The MLC.

- Universal Music Works
  Universal Music Works
  33.4%
- Ruminating Music
  Ruminating Music · Admin
  33.34%
- Shelly Bay Music
  Shelly Bay Music
  16.67%
Arlene WilsonUnclaimed
IPI 00087677907 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Terence Dale GriffinUnclaimed
IPI 00047030215 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Glenn Lewis FreyUnclaimed
IPI 00057346174 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Jack TempchinUnclaimed
IPI 00054857062 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Artis L. JR. IveyUnclaimed
IPI 00333985635 · Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	83.41%
Universal Music Works	00832425062	Universal Music Works		33.4%
Ruminating Music	00719510938	Ruminating Music	Admin	33.34%
Shelly Bay Music	00437714938	Shelly Bay Music		16.67%
Arlene Wilson	00087677907	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Terence Dale Griffin	00047030215	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Glenn Lewis Frey	00057346174	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Jack Tempchin	00054857062	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Artis L. JR. Ivey	00333985635	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed