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Cubase. I left Pro Tools after v10, but had been using Cubase too. Love the features…. If you’re more into music sequencing, Cubase is a great alternative to PT.

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That’s actually “boiler plate” language for lots of these libraries. It covers them in case they need to edit or sweeten with additional instruments….

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You could just as easily say “Higher on Billboard Charts = No Originality”

There is nothing new under the sun. If you are truly “original” in the vast world of music, you will be outcast today and revered 20 years from now.

Bhaah… I’ll take placements over originality any day. This is my job though… not some egotistical hobby.

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Regarding Competitrack:

From my experience, here’s what I’ve learned about Competitrack and ASCAP.

All commercial royalty payments from ASCAP use Competitrack as the verification process. This is a recent (last couple of years) change and is the only method that ASCAP uses to verify commercial plays. No cue sheets or census for commercials…. at least that’s how it was explained to me.

Competitrack is a service for ad agencies and has no skin in the PRO-game. They do not track all commercials. They only track commercials from their clients, so the agency has to have a Competitrack account for the ad to track. Not all plays are tracked either… Competitrack doesn’t monitor every network from what I can tell.

I called Competitrack to learn more and they were surprised to know how ASCAP was using their service. She stated that their main focus was tracking plays for media buyers and that it was not a holistic tracking service for all performances.

*disclaimer – This is all from memory and off the top of my head. Just wanted to put what I’ve heard from ASCAP and Competitrack into the record.

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There is another angle with ASCAP and commercials; Competitrack. Instead of using ISCI and copies of media buys, you can register with Competitrack and search for the commercial. If they have a record ASCAP will pay the royalty from that data.

I had a spot run a few thousand times last year on dozens of networks. I got payments but they were minor consider the play count. I think it probably totals a few hundred a quarter. The highest individual pay for play was about $0.70 but most average $0.09 per play.

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Excellent tip Titus. I’ve read the first chapter and just that alone gave me some insight and helped move me forward.

I decided to use the genre and sub-genre from my music library database (modified excel spreadsheet found on this site) as the basis for my file organizational structure. It’s helped me keep a logical structure in both locations…. and in the process has reminded me of several long forgotten pieces of music.

Organization and “clarifying intended outcomes” is important for this production music endeavor!

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That’s awesome. Incorporating the style into the track number and preceding the English title is a great idea. It’s got me thinking in good ways! Thnx Art.

Still curious how others might approach this problem.

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Mark your plan sounds more and  more attractive.  Do you have an ETA or even a wild guess at your development schedule?

Mark mentioned LinceseQuote.com a few posts ago. It surprises me that more people hadn’t mentioned this.  Can anyone comment about their experiences with LQ? Mark mentioned it’s complexity. I don’t disagree but I wonder how other people feel.

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Look up “Private Label” http://www.youlicense.com/PrivateLabel/

You guys aren’t talking about the same thing. See thread topic.

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No…. Im very aware of the page you linked. We are talking about completely different things. You are talking about selling music through YouLicense.  I am talking about their new service called “Private Label.” http://www.youlicense.com/PrivateLabel/

Sorry for the confusion guys.  This doesn’t have anything to do w/ YL’s standard service.

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@Stuart Moore –

You’ll see in this pic…. the fee you are paying is for the right to upload 50 tracks. To use the personal licensing solution, it’s $29.95 per month. Just take a look here….

http://soundslikejoe.com/images/random_BlogPic/mlr_YouLicense.jpg

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If it helps at all…. What I consider flexible….

Something that can link variations of one track. Something that can provide variations of license type; 13-week radio (fixed price per track), 1yr of Regional TV  (fixed price per track) , Web  (fixed price per track), National/Exclusive buy-out (option without price which leads to quote form).  Hosting files locally through WordPress and my host-server.

These are just ideals but the more flexible it becomes, the more valuable it becomes to me.  Looking forward to whatever you come-up with. Thanks!

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I think this is a marketable tool that could have a customer base.  Obviously I am in the market for such a tool and would consider a purchase based on the features and cost.  My only problem with the YouLicense product is the price.  A monthly account with their pricing structure is too much IMO.  I think a one-time cost of $195 is reasonable with the right feature set;  Wordpress compatible, skin-able to match my site design, flexible licensing tools, etc.

Definitely interested! Please keep us updated. I’d love to be a customer for someone making useful and good product.

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The concept of YOULICENSE.COM seems great but I’d like to host more than 50 tracks and $600 per year seems a bit pricey.  Granted the feature set and the ability to embed their licensing widget on my site is nice. I like this option though…. it would save a lot of time and produce a better user interface than what I’m capable of doing on my site.

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That’s true…. but I think the goals you’re speaking of are different than what I had in mind.  I’m looking at it as an additional service for my local/regional market with some national/international spill-over.

I have several clients now who might benefit from having access to my larger catalog. Sometimes their budgets don’t allow for custom tracks, but they would license something. I was considering this to provide just one more option for them when they are searching for something. Since we already have a working relationship, I think they might check with my stock first before heading to the search engines.

With a web store front already in place, and the potential for random web traffic, it seems like having the option to license direct could be a benefit.  I could sell half as many tracks to make the same license fees. Granted, this wouldn’t lead to many national network placements or much back-end royalty.

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