Archive for the ‘Music Licensing’ Category
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Clearly I haven't been posting anything in several months. Hopefully I will get some new content up here during the next several weeks.
I get emails from time to time from people asking about music licensing opportunities, what the best companies and resources are, etc., and typically I only have ...
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
I've obviously been quite occupied with things unrelated to this blog for the past several months, but I've been impressed by the passionate responses here to Pump Audio's decision to change the terms of their licensing split from 50/50 to 65/35 in their favor. The post I wrote (holy sh*t!) ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Yo yo yo. Any of you guys using Pump Audio to license your music may want to pay attention to a change they're rolling out in their artist agreement.
Beginning July 1st, 2009, Pump Audio will move to a 65/35 split with artists, instead of their existing 50/50 split. This means that ...
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
We've looked at a ton of different music licensing services here at themusicsnob, and today's tips on music licensing are a guest blog by Kevin Breuner, musician, blogger, and CD Baby employee.
Licensing Companies - What to look for and what to avoid
This past week, I had a number of artists ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Who is this man?! Why is he on this site?!
Read below to find out...
We've been having a very interesting and informative dialog in the comments section regarding re-title publishing.
Re-title publishing is when a company re-registers your songs under a different name with a performing rights organization (ASCAP, BMI, etc), so ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
A reader sent me an email recently asking:
When you/I sign a contract with e.g. Pump Audio, does this "re-title publishing" come automatically with this deal or do they send some other deal to sign?
Does this "re-title publishing" end at the same time after the year or so as the normal contract ends, and what ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
For a good intro article on licensing, check out How Stuff Works' article: "How Music Licensing Works"
Related posts:Music Licensing Opportunities & Companies Clearly I haven’t been posting anything in several months. Hopefully...Music Licensing Success with Rumblefish Welcome to Day Two of our look at Rumblefish, the...Review of Online Music Licensing ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
To date we've reviewed several web-based services that help artists make a few bucks licensing music. To review the articles and interviews we've done, go ahead and browse the Licensing Category.
Below is a table that compares several basic features of each service examined so far...
Rumblefish
MusicSupervisor.com
Pump Audio
Music Gorilla
Song Catalog
Annual Fee
0
0
0
$299
$199
Licensing Split
50%
50%
50%
0
flat ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Welcome to Day Two of our look at Rumblefish, the music licensing and sonic branding company.
Yesterday we reviewed the essential details of their licensing procedures, contracts, and some great things about their model. Today we look at some ways that the Rumblefish CEO, Paul Anthony, suggests artists approach music licensing.
What ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Rumblefish is a web-based company that connects artists and labels to companies looking to license music. Last week I had a great conversation with Paul Anthony, CEO of Rumblefish. Today and tomorrow we are covering the company and sharing Paul's tips for licensing success.
Rumblefish Licensing Contract Details
All licenses are ...
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