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Sounds like Crucial Music is what you’re looking for, if you haven’t checked it out already. The site is easy to navigate, just be prepared to submit only three tracks at a time and then wait a very long time to most likely be rejected.
I posted previously (lost when Art changed the look here) my last domestic statement had 35 TLC placements on it. I’m also getting paid for an infomercial being broadcast on HGTV, DIY, FOOD, Travel, GAC. All the Scripps channels I guess.
This has been discussed before. I’d like to think that if your music is good enough for them to make money on, a “professional” library wouldn’t care about your previous tracks being in a stock music library. Creators have to take advantage of all the different business models to make any money (at least at a certain level) and this should be understood by the “professionals”.
In a nutshell, the US allows for a termination of the grant, either two copyright terms (56 years) or 35 years
Oh, I see what you were referring to, thanks. We’re not talking about a two or three year time frame here, like a reversion clause has.
Nice. Mine is a lot different from yours Art! It’s an African music track, used in two different feature films (theater releases) along with many TV shows and RF sales.
Thanks Art! Here’s a free one I recently downloaded to use on a WFH meditation music project:
https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/557-DSK-Ethereal-Padz-2
I feel the energy of the guitar isn’t matched by the other instruments, especially the MIDI drums. Maybe bring in or send the track out to a real drummer to get started. Or you might be able to program a drum part from loops with a more convincing feel. That usually takes a lot of practice though…
I have had not so good luck with RF Libraries, and I didn’t see the benefits of having them administer publishing..
Right, I was referring to the OP’s self publishing question. What I meant to convey was if you have a track licensed via an RF site which is used in a broadcast performance and you are your own publisher then yes, you would collect both the writers and publishing share (doubling your income so to speak).
I recommend it, at least in the US. Libraries generally take 100% of publishing but it’s not unheard of to work with a library that gives you a portion of the publishing. It only doubles your income if you get a broadcast placement on your own, like through a RF site.
The problem was that I couldn’t bring the drums up at all without them clipping,
Compression, limiting and manual editing (envelopes) will help. Also, start mixing with the drums and bass soloed and bring in the other instruments as you progress.
So essentially i should scoop out the low frequencies of everything except drums and bass?
Essentially, yes. For drums and bass, determine which frequency has the highest peak (loudest volume) for each. If it’s the same frequency for both, bring that frequency down in one to make room for the other.
How do you create a “Groove quantization”?
Depends on your software. Basically, if your drums are audio data the software determines where the peaks are hitting and can apply this information to another part, audio or MIDI, duplicating the feel. Takes trial and error of course.
Listening to “Funky Fresh” there might be a few mix issues to my ears. I’m just listening on my generic computer speakers though. Are you using a high pass eq filter on each track? Because it sounds like the lower frequencies might be piling up and making things muddy. The drums seem a bit buried below everything especially the melody instrument. Do you do any “groove quantizing”? This is where you extract a groove from a track (usually drums) and use that as a base for the timing of the other tracks. Sometimes works for a better overall feel.
There is no termination right with wfh. For exclusive, there is a United States termination right.
Terminate an agreement you agreed was in perpetuity?
fortunate are those who came in before this nonex to ex migration happened.
Fortunate to the extent that we were able to get a bunch of NE tracks in, but we also are bound by an exclusive agreement for new material.
so I finally decided to upload about 300 older tracks in a pretty wide range of styles. ONE sale in six months.
I’m wondering if lackluster sales also relates back to today’s customer. In another topic, links were posted to youtube videos promoting subscription companies. I read some of the comments viewers left and saw things like:
YouTube already has that for free
Yeah. I’m still not paying that much
YouTube has a big list of free songs you use…
$199 is way too much for me
sorry, but I don’t think you should pay that much a year.So in addition to 100x more composers, many potential customers think music should be free. Not a good combination.
Just listened to your Latin album, Art and am a few tunes into Earth Tones.
Has anyone tried “Spotify for Artists”? I started checking it out but gave up part way through a long privacy agreement that was seeming a bit much.
I followed Chuck, Art and daveydad. I’m here:
Just uploaded the Electro Swing Album last week, check it out!