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  1. I sent a regular CD to soundtaxi. They said it is in “.cda” format which is the wrong format. They want a “Data Disk” with 16bit 48.1khz wavs
    Is .cda format just another way of saying I sent a standard audio cd instead of a data cd?
    I’ve never had to send anything other than standard cds before. They weren’t very happy to say the least so I don’t want to screw this one up again.
    tia

    • Pat

      On a Mac, Insert blank cd or DVD into drive. Wait, you will then see a cd icon titled “untitled cd/DVD . Drag the files you need to send into this. Double click in cd icon. You will see aliases of all the files you have dragged into it. Click BURN in title bar. Voila.

      • Hi Denis,
        Thanks for responding. I should have clarified that I’m on a pc and there’s a program on my computer called CDBurnerXP and you can choose “data disk”
        Am I correct that I have to buy a cd that specifically states “data CD?” on the label instead of the regular audio cd’s I’m used to submitting?

        • Pat
          On a mac you can put data on a CDR/CDRW. I don’t think windows could be different. To check burn one, and then open the cd, you should see a list of the files. To double check , put cd in a cd Player. It will NOT play.

  2. I need to submit cues in 48 khz, 16 bit aif format and from what I can see, my daw software (FL Studio) doesn’t support aif.

    Do any of you know of a utility I can use to convert my 44.1 wav files to 48 khz, 16 bit aif format?

  5. Hi abc123 this gives you an idea, a license fee can be from $2-$200,000

    American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) US Revenues, 2003-2006 2003 ($668 million), 2004 ($699 million), 2005 ($749 million), 2006 ($785 million)

    Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) US Revenues, 2003-2006 2003 ($630 million), 2004 ($673 million), 2005 ($728 million), 2006 ($779 million)

    Worldwide Synchronization Licensing Revenues, 2006-2011 2006 ($2.1 billion), 2007 ($2.2 billion), 2008 ($2.3 million), 2009 ($2.4 billion), 2010 ($2.4 billion), 2011 ($2.5 billion)

  6. Hey guys: I am fairly new to the licensing side of things and was trying to learn more about statistics from the industry. Like whats the average price of a licensed piece of music, how many pieces of music get licensed every year, etc. I haven’t been able to find anything online. Any suggestions where I can find these kind of stats would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance..

  7. Hey guys,
    Wondering if anyone here has had any experience with the PR/Licensing company: Working Brilliantly. I was informed by Music Clout that they were interested in one of my songs, but before I get into adding anything to their library, I’d like to hear some third party opinions of them (if there are any on here). Thanks!

      • Hey johnnyboy, thanks for the reply. Yes, Musicclout doesn’t handle any licensing itself–they seem to mainly act as middlemen to A&R’s, agents, producers, libraries, and publishers at this point–I suppose somewhat like Broadjam. But at the moment, I’m curious about Working Brilliantly’s reputation, not so much MusicClout’s.

    • Since Art deleted my comment.

      Here from JP themselves.
      Next time don’t be so quick to delete the truth.

      Download Metrics

      As a result of regular Artist inquiries and general feedback, we’ve realized that we need to address and explain the download numbers that we provide on our site.

      The number of downloads reflected on our site does not equal the number of placements that a track has received. Downloads occur for many reasons, including a client reviewing a song for consideration, when Jingle Punks is pitching to a client, when Jingle Punks is testing/updating music in our database – and this is to name just a few of the overall reasons. None of these equal a placements and can result in an inflated and misleading total.

      The number of downloads does not translate to a specific dollar amount in placements. Again, this download number does not reflect anything more than activity that occurs for a multitude of reasons. Download numbers cannot be used as a way of estimating the number of placements, nor payment amounts. As a result of Artist feedback, we’ve realized that this is extremely confusing and providing these numbers has proven more negative than positive.

      Royalties will always be paid out directly to you, by your PRO. When applicable, up-front sync fees will be paid to you directly by Jingle Punks. We pay these fees quarterly after we receive payment from the client. There are set timelines involved and sync fees vary from project to project.

      Sincerely,
      Bill

      • Steven, I don’t recall that your deleted comment was about this. I do recall it was not presented in a way that was worth leaving on the site.

  9. Site has got really slow especially when scrolling down through comments, On Safari. anyone else?
    Fastish 20 meg broadband here

    • Sorry about that. I had set the comments to 10 per page. I thought maybe it wouldn’t be a problem but I guess it is. When you factor in 10 parent comments and up to 10 replies per parent comment the load per page just gets too big. I just reset it back to 5 parent comments. I’ve been hesitating using a cache plugin as they can be problematic but I think I will try one.

      Hopefully it will be better now.

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