Archive for the ‘Licensing’ Category

Using Online Services to License Your Music

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

As CD sales continue to dry up, music licensing has taken on an ever-increasing role in the independent artist's career. In the old days, the barriers to license music were very high, and the opportunities much fewer for the musician without connections. Today's web-based world has changed all that; more ...

Re-Title Publishing - Update

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Last week I wrote a post about "re-title publishing", and how I couldn't really find much information on it. Which was part of the problem. Today I talked to the CEO of a popular music licensing service and he explained in detail why this practice isn't great for artists and ...

Re-Title Publishing - Is it Legitimate?

Friday, July 18th, 2008

I recently submitted music to a licensing opportunity via Sonicbids, and was psyched to see that it was "selected" by the licensing company. But I was thrown by this statement: "Please send a disc of tracks that are clear for licensing and re-title publishing." I have no idea what "re-title ...