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Art MunsonKeymaster
“I looked into Amazon S3 hosting – its relatively cheap per GB, but getting it implemented to your website can be pretty expensive”
Hmmm, not the case for me. I use Synhosting to host my site for about $100 per year and use S3 to store all the preview and master files. S3 didn’t cost anything to set up and they charge for traffic which is very reasonable. Just set up your buckets on S3 and call the links from your site. Works great!
[Edit] To clarify. I set up S3 myself and it’s a bit tricky but not that hard. E-mail me and I’ll try to help you.
Art MunsonKeymasterHere’s an article I ran across at Audiosparx about what they do as a music library. Certainly worth reading when contemplating starting up one’s own library. http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/faq_article.cfm/kbarticle_iid.2064
Art MunsonKeymasterThanks MichaelL for posting that. I was going to say pretty much the same thing but you said it so much better!
I’m still working on my library site. It’s been a couple of years and I thought I could get away completely free. It will probably cost me about $1k as there were a couple of features I wanted that couldn’t be met by existing plugins. The good side of my taking so long is that I am learning more and the site will be much better for it.
Art MunsonKeymasterIt’s a ton of work following this path. I find I spend the mornings with admin work and the afternoons with writing. Now where is that intern when you need one!
Art MunsonKeymasterI’ve thought a lot about it and almost went for it a couple of times. I really want to build my own though. If you don’t have the time or don’t want to build your own I think it’s a great solution. BTW I know the owner and he seems very straight up.
Art MunsonKeymasterAbout average for me with the exception of one which is slower than usual.
Art MunsonKeymasterGlad you got some resolution! Good luck with the tracks!
Art MunsonKeymasterThe only way that I know of is to have a Tunesat (http://www.tunesat.com) account. They detect uses 24/7 but expensive if you only have a couple of tunes. You’ll just have to wait until you get your statement from PRS. That will take a few quarters.
Art MunsonKeymasterHave you thought about talking it over with the folks paying the demo fee? Maybe that’s not comfortable in your situation?… Might be worth a try if it is.
I occasionally submit for ads through a production company and there’s usually a demo fee involved. The first time around I asked what was expected and they were quick to let me know that the tracks are all mine if they’re not selected for the particular use at hand. I’m not saying this is universal and, of course, MichaelL knows the legalities, but from my experience it seems like a common viewpoint.
Here’s another thought: If the demo fee secured ownership there wouldn’t be much point to paying anything beyond the demo fee. Just call a bunch of composers and buy out their tracks with demo fees… I’m glad that it doesn’t work that way! From my experience the demo fee has always been compensation for taking the time and effort to make a track, nothing more. Also, think about this, unused tracks actually have a value to the production company that makes demo fees worth it to them. If they can present several high quality tracks for their client to choose from then it makes them look good to the client. Only one track will get picked but all of the tracks help in that scenario…
Art MunsonKeymasterI’m not a lawyer but I would think that once money changes hands you have an implied contract. The only clean way would be to get it in writing that they are assigning all rights to you. But then you might have to pay back the demo fee.
Of course it only would become an issue if there were big bucks involved somewhere down the road and it was worth suing for.
Art MunsonKeymasterNo worries bigg romme. He just was not a guy I wanted to be around. For those who would like to catch up on that conversation you can find it here: https://musiclibraryreport.com/library-practices/general-question/comment-page-65/#comment-19282
Art MunsonKeymasterI’m with BMI and that’s what I have started doing.
Art MunsonKeymasterI tend to keep mine the same. My thinking is that if a client edited different sections together there would be a better level match. But I could be all wet. Also, there could be no “right” answer.
Art MunsonKeymaster“In the library world, the first piece of production music I ever wrote that I don’t think is particularly great just can’t be stopped.”
Amen, I have one of those too on a daily major network show. I venture to say that same library, today, would turn down that cue.
Art MunsonKeymaster>That’s a great point and may be the reason I don’t do better on the RF sites. I’m much more focused on the TV placements and their particular requirements.<
Yeah, and I think that’s why I’ve been gravitating toward moving toward a couple more non-ex libraries rather than RF libraries. My intuition tells me that the catalog I have will work better with libraries that focus on television. RF sounds like a great idea but maybe needs a new batch of work on my part that is focused in that direction.
This discussion has been super helpful! Thanks to everyone!
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