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<The music business did find a way to combat piracy with spotify, Pandora, and other streaming services.>
I think the music business found yet another way to pay less to the artists with Spotify,Pandora and other streaming services and certainly didn’t combat music piracy;
Stream-ripping arises as “most aggressive” type of music piracy
LA Writer and Music 1234,
What do you guys think about the ever growing group of Sups who ONLY want Exclusive ques? It seems like this is a growing trend. Sure we can tell them no and they will just get Exclusive tracks from the 40,000 other composers that are down with their model.
LA Writer and Music 1234,
What do you guys think about the ever growing group of Sups who ONLY want Exclusive ques? It seems like this is a growing trend. Sure we can tell them no and they will just get Exclusive tracks from the 40,000 other composers that are down with their model.
Exclusive to what? ONLY being in the ONE project they are looking for? That’s not going to happen. I think you mean they don’t want to get hit with the same song 20X’s with different names?
If they want to hear something I’ve done, they’re just going to have to get over it. If a song is great, it’s great. Sorry if you had to listen to it 3X’s.
I believe they are mostly reacting to a few networks that have requested no NE songs due to the obvious problem of “who submitted what” when the song is in dozens of libs. Ultimately, this can be solved by WATERMARKING, but no one wants to watermark. It solves this entire “problem” though…
Personally, I don’t oversell myself by putting my entire library in 20+ non-exclusive libraries like some do. I’m in very few NE libraries, and one is completely controlled and in-house only.
Music1234 , I know you are right, BUT as some of us have said, they are best options to date. As in best earners, comparted to NE who aren’t paying up front either.
But yes. good questions and good points. And I’m not arguing for that paradigm by any stretch.
we can continue to argue this reality unitl we are blue in the face but at the end of the day the customer is king and this has become the new norm. its like video store owners complaining about the uptake of netflix and suggesting ways to stop it. its called progress and change and its going to keep happening.
in this case the networks have told the libraries they will no longer be using their non-exclusive catelogues as they are tired of getting the same track 5 times from 5 different libraries with 5 slighly different titles.
the libraries can either move with this market or go out of business. now we as the composer need to also change our strategy to stay in a job. the best way to do this imo is to diversify.
compete in all markets, RF, non-exclusive and exclusive. complaining about one business model over another gets nobody anywhere and definitely does not bring in inome.
If a music supervisor happens to listen to a song twice from 2 different sources, I just do not see how this can be a major inconvenience.
If a production company paid $XX to Library “A” for blanket license, plus $XX to Library “B” for blanket license, then heard the same music from both libraries, I think that would be a major inconvenience.
I would be happy to submit to only one broadcast library plus RF world.
-$0 advance/ consideration fee/ work for hire fee
-they control the cue perpetually
-you get only back end or perhaps 50% of a sync licesnse (I hope!)The cattle call library I submit to has a 3 year reversion clause. My cues will go to RF world on their third birthday. I admit I did a few for one library that insisted on perpetuity. I have stopped.
@Dannyc
this has become the new norm …in this case the networks have told the libraries they will no longer be using their non-exclusive catelogues
But (sometimes) after the library’s cattle-call brief doesn’t get them what they need they send a follow-up email saying that non-exclusive is okay 🙂
exactly…I agree…sometimes writers don’t show up and suddenly it’s magical. “Hey Guys…Non Exclusive is OK! We’re kind of desperate here!”
yeah maybe so. but are all the thousands of new composers coming into the industry every year either from the music colleges around the world or hopefuls from the yellow company gonna take that chance? probably not. its hard enough to make breaks in this industry, if you have the opportunity to impress in a brief were actual music sups in TV networks will hear your music you are gonna take that opportunity whether its exclusive or not. i see it as building the CV. its like any career you have to climb the ladder.
like Alan the only exclusive briefs i now submit to are 3 year deals.
My favorite is when a cattle call goes out for a show on Netflix or Scripps network. Blows my mind when I see these!!
Hello to all. This is a great thread!! I though am not so sure about all the pessimistic viewing of the current state of this industry; or the hopeless doom and gloom. Some of us have had to survive, and adapt through several twists & turns of this “Idiotic business called sound”.
* I agree with diversifying how your tracks are being exploited, and see what ways are working best for you. For some, RF Libraries seem to be working. For some NE is working; and some are having success in combination of having a handful (or two) of Exclusive Libraries thrown in.
* If this is something that you really want to do because you love music, and hope to make a living at this. I say keep doing it, and adjust your business to suit your personal needs.
* Work towards thinking clearly, and pragmatically about each move. Do a lot of research, and implement/Formulate a strategic plan. Hasty moves are setbacks!
* You are only as good as your product. You are not in competition with anyone except yourself. Keep raising your bar, and work towards ONLY submitting Quality pieces of material that you would be proud of!!As far as quality vs quantity. When I first got into this side of the industry about 12 years ago. I was working with a “Entertainment Consultant” that had me signing a TON of exclusives. I did HUNDREDS of Tracks/Cues within a 2 year period, and saw ZERO money.
After re-grouping, and re-evaluating what I needed from music to consider it even worth my time. I decided to put “Themed CD’s” together and shop them to exclusives.
From March 2016 to August 2017: One CD alone (15 songs) that I did for a “Non A List Exclusive Library” has received over 900 TV, and Film placements.
This is just to say that maybe for some a 1000 Tracks was not enough. I still feel in my heart that it is about having great quality over quantity.
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