Sharing Licensed Music Online

[Aaron M]

Hey guys,

I’ve been reading up on all of the newbie info which has been very helpful! That said, I do have a question or two.

1. After submitting my music to a library, am I still free to post it on my website, facebook, youtube etc. without making it available for sale or is this an unwise practice to begin with? I realize that with an exclusive deal I give up all rights anyway but I guess I’m still curious about non-exclusive and royalty free.

2. Many people talk about having a large quantity of music. I believe I can create quality tracks in a timely manner but most of the time I’m a tweak head about every little detail of every song. I’m wondering if it would be wise for me to place my “tweak head” music in more of the exclusive and non-exclusive libraries and try working more on quantity for royalty free sites under a different name. Any ideas on this?

Thanks a lot,
Aaron

[Art Munson]

After submitting my music to a library, am I still free to post it on my website, facebook, youtube etc. without making it available for sale or is this an unwise practice to begin with?

If exclusive it depends on the contract and you will get a number of responses on why you should or shouldn’t with non-exclusive.

I believe I can create quality tracks in a timely manner but most of the time I’m a tweak head about every little detail of every song.

I tweak a lot and shouldn’t. Generally not a good thing in this end of the biz. One of my bigger paying placements was something I knocked off in three hours. Didn’t have time to tweak.

Do a search on “pseudonym” in the search box in the upper right hand corner on using a different name.

[Aaron M]

Thanks a lot Art, this has been very informative. I guess I’ll really have to start looking into these exclusive and non-exclusive contracts more. For now, I’m really starting to consider royalty free sites.

As for tweaking, I’m actually quite relieved to get your take on this. I guess a great instrumental production doesn’t require all of the same overly processed treatment and FX we see in vocal pop songs these days anyway.

Thanks again,
Aaron

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