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Probably has to be the Toyota commercial I got on and I am still not sure which track, Was last July I was notified, got a $240 upfront payout, and I am assuming it was an exclusive track. If it wasn’t, it was probably a track called Blue Streak which is among my most sold tracks in various versions to date. Might add it was a tailgate party (?) ad which implies it was possibly one of my more redneck tracks since this library only has about 12 tracks or so of mine.
I have this hybrid dubstep cue that keeps getting used on UFC. The Ronda Rousey weigh-in, the finale and so on. Not a UFC fan but I get a buzz every time another use shows up on Tunesat.
I’ve mentioned this one before but we have a simple little bass and drum cue called Happy Hip-hop that’s been placed over 1600 times, according to Tunesat. It’s probably more as Tunesat doesn’t catch everything. From low end cable networks to major networks as well as quite a few sales on RF sites. Probably our hardest working cue.
Girlfriends guide to divorce on bravo. I got 1,000 up front and should be some decent back end. They used a cue with vocals.
+1 on the show “Brain Games.” I’m in several episodes, and it’s an educational show to boot!
Let’s see…a track was used on two separate episodes of The Voice. That was cool… and a recent track on Nascar was fun, but my favorite is an exclusive track with a library that paid me upfront $500 for the track. I kept the writer share but relinquished any sync fee, entitling me to backend only. It has been airing on some unknown show in Hong Kong. It pays out about $300 every international ASCAP statement. It’s an alternate tuning fingerpicked acoustic track.
This is a really interesting thread. I think my favourite placement so far was on the movie trailer for David Duchovny’s ‘Louder Than Words’. Not my favourite track – it was one of my first – but seems to work fairly well in this context. Was also a real boost as it was at the beginning of my foray into the library music world. My track comes in at 0:57…
I have a simple country hoe-down track which I did on Garageband about 7 years ago. So far it’s been on about 15 episodes of “American Pickers”. This one little gem contributes to 75% of my back-end royalties. It’s the gift that keeps giving… 😉
My first would be a few simple acoustic western “cowboy” tension cues used on season 2 of AHC’s “Gunslingers.” Lots of reruns means lots of royalties!
Second, exclusive simple piano-based tension cues currently being used on a long running soap opera (25+ years!) in Belgium called “Familie.” Probably no reruns but lots of episodes and payout is pretty decent.
This one for me was awesome to see. I didn’t even actually like this track but you never know.
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<p>Signs of Light from Eric Paré on Vimeo.</p>My favorite was a Nationwide spot that licensed an old track of mine… it aired like crazy ended up getting around 40k backend a couple of years later… totally surprised me!
While I haven’t had any big high profile type placements so far (maybe some day) , the placement that actually affected me the most was having had a track embedded in a toy for handicapped kids. Don’t know what toy or where.
It’s hard to explain but that really put some things in perspective for me in a very personal way. I got almost nothing for it money wise yet somehow that was the most valuable placement I think I may ever have on more of an emotional level if that makes any sense.Fun topic! I have a few but my favorite right now is the most recent which was is a national ad for AirHogs DR1 drone racing (toy). Best part? It includes the phrase “batteries not included”! Ha!
Great topic. Reading all these makes me want to quit whining about the state of the business and keep on going!
I had an extra seven thousand pounds on my PRS statement this quarter for a tune used on a 20 second ad for a French optician. You can hardly hear the track in the background! I presume it was downloaded from Pond5 or somewhere similar as there’s no publisher listed on the statement – even better! So at the moment that one is my favourite.Great topic idea! My best placement money wise was for USPS with PA back when it was still a 50/50 split. The license was for $30,000 as long as the song wasn’t used for any other mailing/shipping competitors for a year. They renewed the license for another year after that but PA changed their split to 65/35. Still ended up netting about 30,000 for one song in two years! The commercial is still on youtube if you search for “USPS Hacked ad”.
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