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These links may help with understanding how ASCAP collects data.
Yes that sounds about right. I have main themes for 2 shows which aired entire seasons during this Q1 pay period… $0. I haven’t gotten a response back from them yet but I imagine it will be the same as the one you received. Calling ASCAP and speaking to someone gets you the automatic answer: “Wait till next quarter and see if it shows up then…” what a joke.
The usual suspects of RF libs. I don’t have dramatically more success w/ a certain one regarding political ad music. Check out the listings here and you’ll find the ones that people are gravitating towards.
I don’t provide any data for non-lib clients. Usually they hire me to do an attack ad for a candidate maybe in Florida, then a month later they do a very similar ad for a client in Michigan. They like the track I did and cut the new ad to the track. I’d say their knowledge of their back catalog of ads is enough data for them. That said it can be good to put in the title of the track something like “P-N-14” and let them know that means ‘Starts positive, goes negative at :14’
Hey Len, I’ve got a pretty sizable back catalog of political ad music as well. In my experience they do quite well on RF, especially once the cycle ramps up. Some of the more popular ones still sell outside the cycle, I’m guessing because there’s always an election somewhere in the world or parody attack ads, etc..
Never tried to place any exclusively with an APM or similar, probably because I get the best $ from re-licensing the same music to the strategy/prod co, as that’s the deal I’ve struck w/ the ones I work with. Most of the time busy editors don’t have time to search libs, as sometimes the turnaround time for them is 24 hrs to shoot, cut and deliver, so they reach for tracks they’ve already used especially for regional spots..
If you’re looking for reality type scenes many of those networks post clips up to stream on their website. I’m thinking of Discovery.com, Bravo etc..
Or, some libraries post clips of their music in the context of the show.. like:
Great software, thanks Mark! Any chance there is a way to enable customers to download the mp3 preview file? I know that many customers do like to pull the preview into their project for various reasons before buying, so would be great to allow that if possible…
Good advice, Michael. I know I’d have to be pretty sure there was some significant value in those tracks before I started down that road…
If you’re not sure whether the catalog has been sold, and you cannot get in contact with the defunct library, I’d say that is the time to speak with an attorney, if those tracks are worth anything to you going forward
Agreed. Make sure you budget for Vienna Ensemble Pro as well to get these libraries to work at all adequately on one system. I’m on Logic and could barely get a handful of instruments playing simultaneously with Play instances loaded directly in Logic. Using VE Pro my system performance is WAY better, but load times are still pathetic compared to Kontakt. These are really slave system libraries.. Bringing up any of these concerns to anyone at EW is always met with straight denial and/or the classic ‘not running a powerful enough system’. On the other hand they sound great, so there’s that…
I’m using a Kurzweil K2600 with Logic but would like to get something slimmer and with more modern control features. I like to use sustain and expression pedals so having multiple inserts on a controller is also a consideration…
Anyone have any experience with the new Nektar Impact LX series? Looks pretty straightforward and the price is definitely nice for an 88 key controller…
My experience with them is that they use a company called Music Reports to directly license music. They will try to get you to give them a gratis license but don’t let them:)
Estate sales and thrift shops are the best for finding old and odd instruments on the cheap. I’ve got a thrift shop near me that I walk to when I need a break. In the last few months I’ve picked up a 60’s Oscar Schmidt Autoharp (20 bucks), an ancient Marxophone (10 bucks) and most recently a pair of 60’s Calrad dynamic mics (30bucks). Unbelievable what some folks throw/give away!!