Hey folks having a few bugs to squash that have cropped up in the last couple of days. You might get a blank page when leaving a comment or 404 error after a long pause. Comments are getting posted though.
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User Reviews – Music Libraries
One of the ways to earn free access to MLR is to write an in-depth review of your experience with a music library. Particularly the ones that don’t have many comments here. These will be available on the “Access Libraries” page.
MLR Phone App
I’ve been thinking about a phone app for MLR for awhile now but didn’t know quite how to get there. The other day in USA Today there was an article on how to do this, for free, at the web site www.appmakr.com (there is no “e” in “makr” in the domain name). The process is pretty simple but not having a smart phone I have no idea if I have it right. So if any of you have an Android phone would you please go to the Android market place, try it out and let me know if it works. Also let me know if there are any features you might want add. BTW the app is free. Here’s the link.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/music-library-report/com.appmakr.app272522
Apple iPhone. What a pain in the butt! I signed for their developer account ($99) jumped through all of their hoops and tried to activate my account and they say they can’t recognize me. Two e-mails to them and no reply, argh!
Interview At MusicCoaching.com
I recently gave an interview to Rick Goetz at MusicCoaching.com. It covers how MLR got started, some of my sordid past and various other tips and tidbits of the music library world. Check it out.
Building Your Own Music Library For Production Companies Or Networks
In the past threads have cropped up regarding the viability of contacting film and TV production companies (or networks) with ones own music library, thus bypassing having to deal with the middlemen of a traditional music library.
Setting aside the difficulties of contacting these entities and actually making a deal I’d like to explore the “nuts and bolts” of preparing ones own music catalog for delivery to a potential production company or network.
Some of the things I’d like to explore, in no particular order, are:
1.) How large should your library be?
I would think you would need at least 500 unique pieces of music covering many different genres. I would also think you would need alternate mixes of each, including a full mix, DnB and a bed. What do you think about the average length and mixes beyond that? 10 second, 30, 60, loops? Some people advocate 30 and 60 second mixes but wouldn’t a music editor rather cut their own?
2.) Deliver via web or hard drive?
3.) How would you set up your hard drive as far as file structure?
4.) aif or wav files? 48k – 16 or 24 bit?
5.) Best way to Embed metadata in aif and/or broadcast wav files.
6.) App for searching metadata. iTunes, Soundminer or?
7.) What would a blanket license fee be for our 500 song library? Pricing for a low cost network such as Scripps or a higher end network.
8.) What would the license terms include?
9.) How would you label each track? Composer name and title? Underscores in place of blanks in the file name?
Just a few questions and I’m sure there are more!