Archive for the ‘Music Licensing’ Category

Music Licensing Opportunities & Companies

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 ...

Pump Audio Music Licensing Controversy

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!) ...

Pump Audio Reducing Licensing Payments to Artists by 30%

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 ...

Tips for Evaluating Music Licensing Opportunities

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 ...

Music Licensing and Re-Title Publishing, Pump Audio…

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 ...

Pump Audio’s Re-Titling of Songs for Publishing

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 ...

What is Music Licensing?

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 ...

Review of Online Music Licensing Services

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 ...

Music Licensing Success with Rumblefish

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 ...

Music Licensing and Brand Marketing: Rumblefish

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 ...