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So I’ve had a bunch of tracks in several libraries for about 2 years but have never seen any income from them. Is it a good idea to contact them and ask… “what’s up?”
I don’t know about asking “what’s up”. I mean you know what’s up, there has been no placements or sales of your material. 🙂 Maybe a different question, like “can I do anything to help generate sales” or “is there a different style I can provide that is more popular with your clients”.
I generally just “set and forget” and submit my new material to libraries that are earning.
1) It’s not a good idea to “pester” anyone in a professional realtionship.
2) If you do, be prepared to hear answers that you might not like.
@MichaelNickolas suggestion, essentially to take the chip off your shoulder, is a much more productive approach and might lead to contructive criticism.
And, even after some time has gone by without any action, it’s not all that uncommon to get a surprise email from a library you kind of forgot about, telling you about a nice placement/payment. It’s a waiting game, a marathon not a sprint and all the other cliches thrown about here. 🙂
OK kind of in the same league is this scenario. You work with a library that only accepts exclusive tracks. So you submit and wait to hear back 1-2-3 weeks or more..o Do you A): Write and respectfully remind them the track has been sitting there for a month or more with no action b.) Quietly just pull the track “off the shelf” or C:). Suck it up and wait, and for how long.
Yeah, this is a good question and something I’m in the middle of now. I have a collection being considered by a very high end library and it’s hard to be patient! I’m going with “A” and writing after a month… but of course I’ll hear from them before then with an amazing offer, right? 🙂
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