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  • in reply to: Stereobot #8043
    Art Munson
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    I just listed them here: https://musiclibraryreport.com/s-to-s/stereobot/. Please leave feedback there.

    in reply to: Hesitant signing first exclusive deal with Library #8039
    Art Munson
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    Welcome to the site Pepe.

    In perpetuity, in this case, most likely means that any show, film etc they place the song with will remain in perpetuity with that placement. That’s pretty typical.

    I would say 5 years is too long. 2 to 3 years is fairer. Also you should tie a dollar amount to that placement for them to keep the song exclusively after the term. I would think $500-$1000 if you need the money. Personally I find it hard to give up a copyright. If you feel great about the company and they have made placements with you, it’s your call.

    in reply to: Audiosparx and Pay Per Click (PPC) #8029
    Art Munson
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    AudioSparx
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    Hi All,
    We appreciate everyone’s thoughts on any program we start up here at AudioSparx.
    Our pay-per-click Track Campaign service simply offers vendors here a marketing tool they can utilize to get a brand new, dynamite track quickly in front of our clients with substantial visibility.

    Actually no. What you are doing is a not a good service to your clients. With PPC your clients will find first the tracks that fall under the PPC campaign not necessarily the best ones for the client itself.
    Manipulating a market like this is unfair and morally wrong. I know we’re all used to being under these circumstances, but   it’s been proven more and more often that our economy cannot be based on fantasy marketing any longer.
    Content alone should be what drives a purchase.
    With the introduction of PPC, you should give all your existing vendors the choice to cancel any agreement they have in place with you.

    in reply to: Libraries that will not work with a "retitler" composer #8021
    Art Munson
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    in reply to: Libraries that will not work with a "retitler" composer #8003
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    @music_pro. Please discuss all library related questions on their appropriate listing pages.

    in reply to: Libraries that will not work with a "retitler" composer #7998
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    I would think you would have to contact them individually.

    in reply to: Audiosparx and Pay Per Click (PPC) #7994
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    Which is exactly why I said….

    The ultimate question is not whether PPC is fair, it is whether the results justify the expense.

    The end result of having PPC is that it muddies the waters and purposely tries to obscure the true search results.

    Going back to Google. In the last couple of years they have been skewing their organic search results with paid advertisers and are under investigation in the U.S. and Europe. Not serving them well either.

    In my opinion having good language skills, being able to keyword effectively, and understanding the potential/likely uses for your music are much more important than PPC.

    Very true but that is a different issue.

    in reply to: Audiosparx and Pay Per Click (PPC) #7993
    Art Munson
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    Advice said: “So how exactly does this work with respect to AS?”.

    It’s not available now and I believe it was under the “Marketing” tab. They are planning to re-introduce it in 2013, thus this discussion.

    in reply to: Audiosparx and Pay Per Click (PPC) #7988
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    @advice and #tag. Pay Per Click (PPC) is a system where you pay to have your product return first in any search results, in this case music. Google built a multi-billion dollar business on this concept.

    in reply to: Audiosparx and Pay Per Click (PPC) #7983
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    Notwithstanding anything that you said MichaelL there are other aspects.

    I seldom used PPC when it was implemented at AS as I never liked the concept. I applauded AS’s decision to drop it and to “level the playing field” as I thought it a worthy goal. From my understanding the decision to re-instate it was because some composers were complaining.

    And as long as we are throwing real life examples around I will (once again) present mine. I developed and ran a very successful Internet business in the 90s and tried various ways to advertise my products, including PPC. Initially with Goto.com, Yahoo and finally Google Adwords. None of those avenues could prove to me that they were a viable way to advertise. But I and my competitors were generally on the first page of the *organic* search results with our products because of our content not because we paid to be there. My point is that a level playing field is more equitable to all, including clients who will be exposed to a wider variety of products, in this case music.

    One of the things that Google does do is make a clear delineation of organic searches and paid searches. Something that AS did not do. PPC results looked like organic searches. They say they will change this when they re-instate PPC so we will see.

    Regardless of what AS does it will not change how I feel about working with them as I have gotten a great education and always enjoyed working with Barbie. I will continue to upload my music and try to learn and improve my sales but I stand by my comment that I don’t think this decision serves them well.

    in reply to: How to Copyright Your Catalog #7890
    Art Munson
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    This might help.

    Copyright Questions

    in reply to: Mastering Software. #7883
    Art Munson
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    Ozone

    in reply to: My first full year of royalties and sales #7856
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    @Del. I think you have to take “fairly easily” with a grain of salt. I’m sure there are composers making that but as in any business it’s a small percentage compared to the number of players in that business. There are also composers that claim to make $70k to $100k in the RF world. That’s probably true also, still a small percentage of the composers out there.

    I do believe the chances are better to make more money with a top end exclusive library as opposed to non-exclusive or RF site. Then only if you get into the right library with the right material and all the stars align. That’s a big IF! The other percentage you might think about is how much music is sitting in exclusive libraries, literally for years, not making a dime, or very little, because the stars did not align.

    in reply to: What has been your best selling genre this past year? #7830
    Art Munson
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    Depends on the library but the most consistent for me has been Hip Hop, on one particular site, generally just one particular track. Probably not really authentic Hip Hop but has the vibe. MichaelL likes to point out that many clients look for genre “lite” so this would most likely fall into that category.

    in reply to: Reaching out to Composers: Keywording your Music #7827
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    Thanks JD. Please let us know how it goes.

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