Archive for the ‘Music Licensing’ Category
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Today's installment of our ongoing look at avenues for licensing music brings us to Music Gorilla. This Austin-based company's model is to charge an annual fee of $299 and let the artist keep all earnings from any licensing, publishing or other deals that arise.
How it Works
When you sign up and ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
One of today’s many web-based licensing options is Song Catalog. Started about eight years ago in Nashville, the company now has offices in the US, Canada and, most recently, Japan. Users upload their tracks into an online database, which is then accessed by clients looking for music and Song Catalog ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
In our ongoing attempt to figure out music licensing and evaluate what services have some real potential, we asked Barry Coffing, CEO of MusicSupervisor.com, about his company and the licensing biz.
What is Musicsupervisor.com?
Based in Los Angeles, CA, MusicSupervisor.com runs an online system where those involved in the selection of music ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
While we're on the subject of licensing music with the help of web tools, here's an interview from April that I just came across with Alexandra Patsavas, the music supervisor from The OC and Grey's Anatomy, among other hits, who has come to play quite an important role in helping ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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