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| URL: | http://gamecues.com/ | |
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| Accepting Submissions: | Yes | |
| Submit Online: | Yes | |
| Submit By Mail: | Yes | |
| Submissions Reviewed: | Yes | |
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| Charge For Submissions: | No | |
| Up Front Money: | No | |
| Royalty Free: (non-broadcast use) |
Yes | |
| Exclusivity: (Exclusive, Non, Semi) (Semi = Free to place on own but not with another library) |
Non-Exclusive | |
| Re-Title: | No | |
| Set Own Price: | Unknown | |
| Contract Length: | 1 Year | |
| Payment Schedule: | Monthly | |
| License Fee Split: (writer/library) |
70/30 | |
| PRO Split Based on 100%: (writer/library writer/library/publisher or writer) |
100/0 | |
| Requires Licensee To File Cue Sheet: | No | |
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| Active Site: | No | |
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Still “down for maintenance”…R.I.P. Graveyard?
Yep, seems so. Thanks Chuck.
The guys at GameCues have been pretty nice and helpful. My music has been accepted, I have started uploading, but the site has been down for maintenance for at least a month now. Does anybody know about the whereabouts of GameCues?
I wonder if any of you biased musical owners realize that every kid on the planet [with a protools rig in their garage] calls and emails begging for an opportunity to participate? This is why we stick with publishers like Bug Music. We could spend 10 years with 30 staff going through all the submissions…..That is not the business we are in.
We don’t need everyones music to make money. Our clients are perfectly happy with the way it is. THEY pay… not you. We cater to their needs, not yours. Maybe try pump audio.
Consider yourselves told off! lolol!
I wish I had a protools rig in the garage ……..then i could be cool as well
Hey Captain,
Well, from what Art posted above, you DO accept submissions (which I cannot confirm, because the Gamecues website is currently down.). Doesn’t this open you up to any kid in his garage with Pro Tools submitting their music? Perhaps you should change your submission policy to “No unsolicited submissions” rather than coming on here, getting uppity, and acting as if your company would be doing us all a favor by giving us a chance to submit. Most everyone here is just trying to make some extra money (or maybe even a living) doing what makes them happy: making music. Certainly you cannot respond to every submission with an elegant and supportive rejection letter, but having an attitude just looks unprofessional.
I agree about the “protools rig” analogy. However, there’s a difference between producing tracks using loops, pads, etc, and actually composing music. The composer will stand out in the crowd. He may not get as many gigs as the whippersnappin’ loopers, but he’ll stand out in the crowd.. 😀
My point being; a composer has a specialized talent that can be heard in his/her music that separates him from the alot of music in music libraries. Once discovered, the competition will diminish. Of course; so will the opportunities.
I think of the loopers as arrangers. Arranging pad samples, loops, etc into useable moods. A talent as well, but not really composers. The people that create the loops & pads deserve as much credit as the arrangers.
What was the topic again?
I wonder if any of you cocky library owners realize that every kid on the planet (with an internet connection in their bedroom) is starting a production library? You may not always get to stick with publishers like Bug Music. The game companies may decide they don’t want to pay you anymore and get music cheaper somewhere else.
The way the libraries are multiplying and adding tracks, there will be a billion tracks available online in the next decade. What do you think will be the chance of your music being discovered then? Better make your contacts now – and as fast as possible.
You are not wrong my man. Its unfortunate. I just left a meeting where the publishers chose to slash the music budget because they didn’t feel like the extra money would be an actual value-add to the game. They literally went from 100k to 10k. The business considers music mostly value-less unless there is a retail component involved. Its really sad.
What do you mean by “retail component”? You mean selling music on CDs in stores?
Most of those tracks will be, as is the case now, garbage.
Clients with money will rely on the libraries that are more selective, provide the most effective means of searching, or offer to provide the client guidance.
Yeah, if you can rely on the clients knowing the difference between garbage and quality. Listen to some of the music on TV man.
Nice one anon…..The cocky business owners that you speak of……. are the ones who invested in the possibility of earning with your music, only to be wrong. The music you speak of [Mostly] has no value.
Same here….. nothing!!!! Not sure whether their website is still trading…?
Yeah I’ve wrtitten for Extreme, EMI & a whole host of top UK exclusive Libz, publishers.. as well as releasing on a number of labels – & I have had cues used in major Video Games ..
.. mailed these people a year or two ago 2 or 3 times. Not even so much as a reply, nada, zip, diddly squat.
How rude is that ? – I mean it’s not as if they’re busy !!
– If you’re gonna be open to artist submissions – try actually having a shred of decency and replying to people that bother to send you material – which could have gone on to make you money.
Otherwise – dont be open to artist submissions or you are just wasting people’s time. – and there are too many time wasters in this industry as it is.
1 star.
Are you saying that you submitted music to them and they never responded? Well, I’m sorry to say, it could be that they just don’t have a need for your music. It’s happened to me all too often. No biggy, just submit to somebody else.
Unfortunately this type of rudeness is pretty standard in the industry these days.
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Yeh – fairy nuf .. but this why I point out who I write for.. it’s not that I’m blowing my trumpet – it’s just a fact – my cues are paid for & published by the very best .. and they do get used in video games ..
So why do ‘Gamecues’ not even bother replying ? I wouldnt have mentioned it if I hadn’t have stumbled on this page – and noticed that everyone else was saying the same thing.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t really care ..
Todd at Gamecues just e-mailed me this: We do accept submissions at “artistsubmissions AT gamecues DOT com”.
Tried to reach them twice in past two months, but received no response at all. I’m wandering if they are sill accepting submissions.
Same here. No response for two months already.
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