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It will make you go blind. 😛
+1 to what Denis said. Absolutely not!
I’m confused. Are people saying that higher end libraries won’t accept your unique, exclusive tracks if you have OTHER tracks in re-title or RF libraries? I would think they only care about the specific tracks they are signing.
It is quite normal for a composer to have a diversified catalog, some music in RF, some in high end exclusive, etc. but not the same tracks in both.
I would **THINK** it would be rare for any library to turn down tracks because you have other deals for different tracks.
Am I missing something?
You don’t have to upload a 30 second edit of a full mix to Tunesat as long as it’s strictly a cutdown the no change to the music. Any portion of the full mix should be detected.
However a bass and drums alt mix would be best uploaded separately as the audio is different.
HTH!
There have always been sites that will sell you names of music sups. There may be cheaper or even free ways to get those names. (Google, IMDB, Hollywood Reporter, etc).
But the point most people miss is it’s not about having the names and contact info. It’s what you do with it. These sups get inundated with contacts and music from all over the place. It’s easy to be just one more annoying newbie trying to get in their face. (Not saying YOU would be like that).
To contact a sup, you need a solid idea of what projects they are working on, what their needs might be, etc. It takes a lot research homework. And it’s VERY hard to stand out from the crowd as you become a salesperson as opposed to a composer.Of course, with the right skills the time, energy, and inclination one can have success going direct to sup. I’m sure there are people right here on MLR that have done it.
One of the reasons many of us prefer to work through libraries is it allows us to spend our time creating music as opposed to selling. They do the work for you there.
My 2.5 cents. Happy Turkey!
They are not a library, they are a service. Not the same thing. (Answer to Soren’s original post)
They do tell you where your track was licensed. So far my licenses have been for non-PRO paying uses (indie films, web promos, etc.)
I’m going to bow out of the conversation now because discussions about any service that involves pay always go on forever and sometimes get ugly. That’s one reason Art doesn’t usually even want those discussions on MLR.
There’s something fishy about these $5K-20K opportunities; they never posted the winner.
Although there are definite pros and cons to submitting to a site like this, many times there are no “winners” (even with low sync fees) because the listing party picked none from HL. HL is one of many entities sending music to that client.
The one major drawback with a site like this is that even if you get a license (I have some), you don’t get a relationship with that music sup. It’s a one shot, for which HL acts at the go-between. Contrast that with building a relationship with a good library. In that case, you can submit more and more tracks which will be pitched over and over to many clients/opps. It’s all about relationships.
Everyone who has issues with the new website design should write to ASCAP and let them know. The more people that give them the feedback, the more likely they’ll address things.
Dislike missing episode total counts for the same cue sheet! I emailed them through the site. I hope if enough people complain, they’ll address it.
Ah… I logged in and see it now. I could swear I tried that before. Thanks, Art!
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Hmmmmm….. Jeremy’s post sounds like an advertisement to me. When you couple the post with the fact that at least one of those companies charges for submissions, it’s suspicious.
I hope I’m wrong.
STRONGLY agree with what Gus said here. If you put a 1.5-2.0 minute instrumental mix in a non-exclusive library, you cannot put any version of it, with or without vocal, in an exclusive library. That would be a definite contract violation.
The instrumental underlying a vocal is part of the same song copyright. And also keep in mind that libraries will give the music sup versions with and without vocal and during final editing sometimes they only end up using the instrumental, or mostly that. They are inseparable.
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Perfectly said, Rob. 🙂
Not right now but that site does go down more often than a hooker on 8th Ave in NYC. 😛